Dalum (Eocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.6° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.5° N, 3.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Fürstenau Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• early Lutetian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified conglomerate

• marine transgressive gravels

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Diedrich. 2011. The world's oldest fossil seal record. Natural Science 3(11):914-920 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 121968: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus sokolovi2 Zhelezko and Kozlov 1999 mackerel shark
Otodus obliquus1 Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Carcharocles subserratus1 mackerel shark
Carcharocles sokolovi1 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp.1 Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus, "Carcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus1, Isurus praecursor1
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818 white shark
"Carcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus1 Blainville 1818 white shark
Isurus praecursor1 Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Sylvestrilamia teretidens1 sand tiger shark
Hypotodus verticalis1 Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis winkleri1 Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
Brachycarcharias lerichei1 Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota1 Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
Anomotodon novus1 goblin shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo latidens1 Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Pachygaleus lefevrei1 Daimeries 1891 hound shark
 Odontaspidida - Lamiostomatidae
Xiphodolamia ensis1 Leidy 1877 elasmobranch
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Protosirenidae
Protosiren cf. fraasi2 Abel 1904 sirenian
 Placentalia -
? Cetacea indet.2 Brisson 1762 whale
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Praephoca bendullensis n. gen. n. sp.
Praephoca bendullensis n. gen. n. sp. Diedrich 2011 mammal
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.1 Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.1 Cuvier 1795 snail
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.1 Ehrenberg 1834
unclassified
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Plantae indet.1 Haeckel 1866