Also known as ETE Locality 1576, Messel,
Where: Hessen, Germany (49.9° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 4.8° E)
When: Messel Formation, MP 11 (48.6 - 40.4 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0.
•Lower Middle-Eocene, Lutetian
•JA: MP 11
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 666, 664, 645, 493, 638, 983, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: E. Wittich. 1898. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Messeler Braunkohle und ihrer Fauna. Abhandlungen der großherzoglich Hessischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Darmstadt 3(3):79-147 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22701: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 29.05.2001, edited by Philip Mannion, Susanna Kümmell, John Alroy, Emmanuel Fara, Lars van den Hoek Ostende, Mark Uhen, David Nicholson, Terri Cleary and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
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"Palaeoamyda messeliana n. gen. n. sp." = Rafetoides messelianus3
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"Anosteira gracilis n. sp." = Allaeochelys crassesculpta7
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"Ocadia kehreri" = Euroemys kehreri8 Staesche 1928 turtle coll. IRSNB : 117 (Pl. 3, Fig. F), 289 (Pl. 3, Fig. C), 1-535, 26802 ; MNSD 580/77B18 (Groessens Van Dyck, 1978 : Fig. 2)
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"Pseudasturidae indet." = Halcyornithidae11
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Messelastur gratulator n. gen. n. sp.18
Messelastur gratulator n. gen. n. sp.18 Peters 1994 parrot type from "L13 (Grabungsstelle 32), 26-43 cm unter Leithorizont M"; referred specimen of Mayr 2011 is in the SMF
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Primozygodactylus quintus n. sp.16, Primozygodactylus longibrachium n. sp.16, Primozygodactylus eunjooae16, Primozygodactylus cf. danielsi16, ? Pseudastur sp.11, Pseudastur macrocephalus n. gen. n. sp.11
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Eocoracias brachyptera17 Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré 2000 bird referred specimens in the SMF and HLMD collections
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Rhynchaeites messelensis n. gen. n. sp.
Rhynchaeites messelensis n. gen. n. sp. Wittich 1898 ibis | |
Masillastega rectirostris n. gen. n. sp.13
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"Dynamopterus cf. itardiensis" = Idiornis itardiensis15
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Eofringillirostrum parvulum n. sp.10
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Reptilia | |
"Baryphracta deponiae" = Diplocynodon deponiae6
"Baryphracta deponiae" = Diplocynodon deponiae6 Frey et al. 1987 crocodilian IRSNB R 261 (near complete skeleton); IRSNB R 262 (IG 26467; exposing the ventral side)
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Alligator darwini Ludwig 1877 alligator | |
"Crocodilus ebertsi" = Crocodylus
"Crocodilus ebertsi" = Crocodylus crocodile | |
Mammalia | |
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Darwinius masillae n. gen. n. sp.5
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Tachypteron franzeni n. gen. n. sp.19
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Actinopteri | |
"Amia kehreri" = Cyclurus kehreri
"Amia kehreri" = Cyclurus kehreri Andreae 1893 bowfin | |
Dombeyopsis | |
Dombeyopsis sp. Unger 1850 | |
Angiospermae | |
? Prunus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plum | |
Paraprefica major n. sp.12
Paraprefica major n. sp.12 Mayr 1999 |