St. Pankraz Schwarzerzsch. level (Eocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.9° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 11.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• below the Fossilschicht bed

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• presumably a black or dark grey bed; terrestrial inferred based on presence of a tortoise
• "Schwarzerzsch."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. H. Schleich. 1988. Eozäne Schildkrötenreste (Reptilia, Testudines) von St. Pankraz am Haunsberg (Österreich). Stvdia Geologica Salmanticensia ESPECIAL (3): ETUDES SUR LES CHELONIENS DU CENOZOIQUE DE L'EUROPE CENTRALE 3:165-184 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176938: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 08.03.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Pelorochelon cf. eocaenica
Pelorochelon cf. eocaenica Hummel 1935 turtle