Where: Glarus, Switzerland (47.0° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Glarner Schiefer Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov. 2011. New taxonomic synopses and revision of the scombroid fishes (Scombroidei, Perciformes), including billfishes, from the Cenozoic of territories of the former USSR. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102(4):253-300 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 186471: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.06.2017, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Homorhynchus colei Agassiz 1842 | |
Anenchelum glarisianum de Blainville 1818 | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelonia knorri n. sp." = Glarichelys knorri
"Chelonia knorri n. sp." = Glarichelys knorri Gray 1831 sea turtle PIMUZ A/III 0596, a partial skeleton
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