Borken: Early/Lower Oligocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Allaeochelys parayrei
Noulet 1867
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= Carettochelyinae indet.
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Joyce 2014 | |||||||||
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Diplocynodon cf. hantonensis
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= Diplocynodon sp.
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Rio et al. 2020 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Palaeoemys hessiaca n. gen., n. sp.
Schleich 1994
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Hervet 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Museum of Borken 1992/1 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Borkenia oschkinisi n. gen., n. sp.
Schleich 1994
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Hervet 2004 | |||||||||
| n° 1992/2, 1992/3 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Ptychogaster sp.
Pomel 1847
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Rafetoides austriacus
Peters 1858
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| synonym of Rafetoides messelianus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Hesse |
| Coordinates: | 51.0° North, 9.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.5° North, 5.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ‘Melanian clay’ (=Melanienton) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Altenburg IV quarry; Melanian clay; Melanienton | ||
| Database number: | 177495 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd, D. Nicholson, P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Holroyd, P. Mannion, D. Nicholson |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-03-30 11:18:57 | Last modified: | 2019-07-01 10:38:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-03-30 11:18:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59683. | H.-V. Karl and A. Müller. 2008. New Fossil reptil material (Reptilia: Chelonii, Crocodylia) from the lower Oligocene of Borken (Central Germany: Hesse). Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 44:41-58 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 58573 | S. Hervet. 2003. Deux nouvelles tortues de l’Éocène inférieur de Saint-Papoul (Aude, France). C. R. Palevol 2:617-624 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/D. Nicholson] | |
| 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] | |
| 63405 | W. G. Joyce. 2014. A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Carettochelys. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 55(1):3-33 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 69293 | J. P. Rio, P. D. Mannion, E. Tschopp, J. E. Martin, and M. Delfino. 2020. Reappraisal of the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the alligatoroid crocodylian Diplocynodon hantoniensis from the late Eocene of the United Kingdom. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188:579-629 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |