Grube Messel Pit (Museum Darmstadt Collection): MP 11, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Apodiformes
- Jungornithidae
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Parargornis messelensis n. gen., n. sp.
Mayr 2003
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Mayr 2003 | |||||||||
from "Messel": HLMD collection | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Perplexicervix microcephalon
Mayr 2010
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Mayr 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
referred specimen in the HLMD | ||||||||||
Pristichampsus rollinatii
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Rossman 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Eusuchia | ||||||||||
HLMD-Me 5671 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Tomistomidae
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Tomistomidae indet.
(Eastman 1902)
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Rossmann 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
spelled with current rank as Tomistominae | ||||||||||
HLMD-Me 5589 (fragment of right mandible), 5591+5592 (partial left mandible) & 5593 (fragment of right mandible) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Baryphracta deponiae
Frey et al. 1987
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Frey et al. 1987 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Diplocynodon deponiae | ||||||||||
HLMD Me 7496 (exposing the dorsal side); HLMD Me 8080 (exposing the right lateral [slightly] and ventral sides); | ||||||||||
Alligator darwini n. sp.
Ludwig 1877
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Brochu 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
HLMD-Me 7492 - holotype (complete skeleton) | ||||||||||
Hassiacosuchus haupti n. gen., n. sp.
Weitzel 1935
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Weitzel 1935 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Nr. 4415 | ||||||||||
Bergisuchus dietrichbergi n. gen., n. sp.
Kuhn 1968
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Montefeltro et al. 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
HLMD-Me 7003 - holotype (anterior part of a left lower jaw and a snout fragment, both from one individual) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Anosteira crassesculpta n. sp.
Harrassowitz 1922
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Harrassowitz 1922 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Allaeochelys crassesculpta | ||||||||||
HLMD 1461 | ||||||||||
Ocadia kehreri
Staesche 1928
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Hervet 2004 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Euroemys kehreri | ||||||||||
coll. HLD-Me : 15033, 148, 7229, 8877, 8051, Be-139, Be-142, 15562, 14749, Be-157; HLD-Me-1452 originally referred to Ocadia messeliana by Staesche 1928 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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? Juvemys sp.
Hervet 2003
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Hervet 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
HLD Me 7448 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Ocadia messeliana n. sp.
Staesche 1928
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Hervet 2004 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Francellia messeliana | ||||||||||
Type HLD-Me-1444. Additional material HLD-Me 10477, 7960, 15011 | ||||||||||
Insecta
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Gymnopleurus eocaenicus n. sp.
Meunier 1921
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1 specimen | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Insecta | ||||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Blattodea
- Blattidae
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Blattidae indet.
Latreille 1810
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6 specimens | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Periplaneta relicta n. sp.
Meunier 1921
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39 specimens | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Periplaneta eocaenica n. sp.
Meunier 1921
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5 specimens | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Formicidae
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Formicium giganteum
Lutz 1986
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Lutz 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Titanomyrma gigantea | ||||||||||
Me 7194 | ||||||||||
Formicium simillimum
Lutz 1986
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Lutz 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Titanomyrma simillima | ||||||||||
Me 590 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Trogossitidae
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Trogossita eocaenica n. sp.
Meunier 1921
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2 specimens | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Chrysomelidae
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Lina titana n. sp.
Meunier 1921
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10 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Chrysomela titana | ||||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Buprestidae
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Perotis messelensis n. sp.
Meunier 1921
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7 specimens | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Sphenoptera eocaenica n. sp.
Meunier 1921
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Sphenoptera metallica n. sp.
Meunier 1921
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Eurythyrea sp.
Dejean 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Ancylochira eocaenica n. sp.
Meunier 1921
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10 specimens | |||||||||
HLMD Me 1082, 937, 1225, 1338, 593, 1182, 4090, 1393, 925, 927 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Ancylochira agilis n. sp.
Meunier 1921
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20 specimens | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elateridae
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Ancylochira minuta n. sp.
Meunier 1921
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15 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Macropunctum minutum | ||||||||||
HLMD Me 1206, 1276, 1124 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Ancylochira prompta n. sp.
Meunier 1921
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10 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Macropunctum promptum | ||||||||||
(4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Geotrupidae
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Geotrupes messelensis n. sp.
Meunier 1921
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3 specimens | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Hydrophilidae
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Hydrophilus sp.
Geoffroy 1762
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Fikáček et al. 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
HLMD Me 11596 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Hydrobiomorpha eopalpalis
Fikáček et al. 2010
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Fikáček et al. 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
HLMD Me 14729 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
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Fulgoroidea indet.
Latreille 1807
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Szwedo and Wappler 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
HLMD-Me-13412 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Lophopidae
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Baninus thuringiorum n. gen., n. sp.
Szwedo and Wappler 2006
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Szwedo and Wappler 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
HLMD-Me-13162 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Eurybrachidae
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Amalaberga ostrogothiorum n. gen., n. sp.
Szwedo and Wappler 2006
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Szwedo and Wappler 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
HLMD-Me-13193 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Reduviidae
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Amphibolus disponsi n. sp.
Kinzelbach 1970
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Kinzelbach 1970 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
HLMD Me 7424 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Cydnidae
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Cydnopsis informal sp. 1
Heer 1853
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11 specimens | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Cydnopsis meunieri n. sp.
Kinzelbach 1970
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Kinzelbach 1970 | |||||||||
HLMD Me 7416, 1001, 818, 7418/7409, 7411, 7412, 7413, 7414, 7415, 7417, 7419 | ||||||||||
Cydnopsis informal sp. 2
Heer 1853
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6 specimens | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Cydnopsis nana n. sp.
Kinzelbach 1970
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Kinzelbach 1970 | |||||||||
HLMD Me 874, 1275, 7423, 7420, 7421, 7422 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Lygaeidae
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Lygaeidae indet.
Schilling 1829
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Kinzelbach 1970 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
HLMD Me 7425, 7410 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Hessen |
Coordinates: | 49.9° North, 8.8° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.9° North, 4.8° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | MP 11 | ||
Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Messel | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "lower Middle Eocene, lower-most Geiseltalian, Mammal Paleogene level 11… .575 to .77 m above local stratigraphic marker Alpha." |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | planar lamination lithified claystone | ||
Lithology description: "The fossils are embedded in darkly coloured, finely laminated claystone sediments rich in organic substances (‘oil shale’), which were deposited in a meromictic lake (e.g. Goth, 1990)." | |||
Environment: | crater lake | Tectonic setting: | volcanic basin |
Geology comments: "A drilling project conducted in 2001 showed that the former Lake Messel was a maar lake, which is a small deep lake that had its origin in an explosive volcanic eruption. The former lake basin had an original diameter of about 1.5 km, and a depth of about 300–400 m (Harms, 2002; Felder & Harms, 2004)." |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,adpression,soft parts |
Lagerst�tten type: | conservation |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 120036 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Karr, M. Carrano, M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2011-11-06 12:16:03 | Last modified: | 2014-08-06 22:47:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-11-06 12:16:03 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
38439. | F. Meunier. 1921. Die Insektenreste aus dem Lutetien von Messel bei Darmstadt. Abhandlungen der Hessischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Darmstadt 7:2-15 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] |
Secondary references:
54633 | C. A. Brochu. 1999. Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, and Historical Biogeography of Alligatoroidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(S2):9-100 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
54108 | M. Fikáček, S. Wedmann, and H. Schmied. 2010. Diversification of the greater hydrophilines clade of giant water scavenger beetles dated back to the Middle Eocene (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilina). Invertebrate Systematics 24:9-22 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
47631 | E. Frey, A. Laemmert, and J. Riess. 1987. Baryphracta deponiae n. g. n. sp. (Reptilia, Crocodylia), ein neues Krokodil aus der Grube Messel bey Darmstadt (Hessen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatschefte 1987:15-26 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
60520 | H. Harrassowitz. 1922. Die Schildkrötengattung Anosteira von Messel bei Darmstadt und ihre stammesgeschichtliche Bedeutung. Abhandlungen der Hessischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 6:132-239 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
58591 | S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
52813 | R. K. Kinzelbach. 1970. Wanzen aus dem eozänen Ölschiefer von Messel (Insecta: Heteroptera). Notizblatt des Hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenfoschung zu Wiesbaden 98:9-18 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
44589 | H. Lutz. 1986. Eine neue Unterfamilie der Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) aus dem mittel-eozänen Ölschiefer der "Grube Messel" bei Darmstadt (Deutschland, S-Hessen). Senckenbergiana Lethaea 67:177-218 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
25151 | G. Mayr. 2003. A new Eocene swift-like bird with a peculiar feathering. Ibis 145(3):382-391 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
38572 | G. Mayr. 2010. A new avian species with tubercle-bearing cervical vertebrae from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Germany). Records of the Australian Museum 62:21-28 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
36690 | F. C. Montefeltro, H. C. E. Larsson, and M. C. Langer. 2011. A New Baurusuchid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and the Phylogeny of Baurusuchidae. PLoS One 6(7):e21916 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
82795 | D. S. Peters. 1999. Selmes absurdipes, new genus, new species, a sandcoleiform bird from the oil shale of Messel (Germany, middle Eocene). In S. L. Storrs, P. Wellnhofer, C. Mourer-Chauviré, D. W. Steadman, L. D. Martin (eds.), Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C, 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:217-222 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
81413 | T. Rossman. 2000. Skelettanatomische Beschreibung von Pristichampsus rollinatii (Gray) (Crocodilia, Eusuchia) aus dem Paläogen von Europa, Nordamerika and Ostasien. Courier Forschunginstitut Senckenberg 221:1-107 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
47641 | T. Rossmann. 2002. Studies on Cenozoic crocodiles: 10. First evidence of a tomistomid crocodilian (Eusuchia: Tomistomidae) from the Middle Eocene (Geiseltalian, MP 11) of Grube Messel, Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 2002(3):129-146 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
51161 | J. Szwedo and T. Wappler. 2006. New planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from the middle Eocene Messel maar. Annales Zoologici 56:555-566 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
10876 | 5% 49080 | K. Weitzel. 1935. Hassiacosuchus haupti n. g. n. sp., ein durophages Krokodil aus dem Mitteleozän von Messel. Notizblatt des Vereins für Erdkunde und der Hessischen Geologischen Landesanstalt Darmstadt 16:40-49 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/M. Uhen] |