Leipzig (Oligocene of Germany)
Also known as Weisselsterbecken
Where: Saxony, Germany (51.3° N, 12.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° N, 8.6° E)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• middle Oligocene
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. G. Fleagle, T. M. Bown, J. D. Obradovich and E. L. Simons. 1986. How old are the Fayum primates?. Primate Evolution 1-17 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 65173: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
Protostrigidae indet. Wetmore 1933 owl | |
Phalacrocoracidae indet. Reichenbach 1850 cormorant | |
Paraortyx indet. Gaillard 1908 fowl | |
Laridae indet. Vigors 1825 gull | |
Mammalia | |
Halitherium schinzii Kaup 1838 dugong | |
Stenoplesictis sp. Filhol 1880 carnivoran | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Osteichthyes | |
"Teleosti indet." = Teleostei
"Teleosti indet." = Teleostei Müller 1846 ray-finned fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Selachii indet. shark |