Also known as Siebengebirge, Romerikenberg mine, Krautgarten mine, Geistinger Busch, Geistinger Wald, Dambruch, Dambroich
Where: North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany (50.8° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 50.6° N, 4.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MP 30 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• "MP30"
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; poorly lithified, diatomaceous, carbonaceous shale
•figures of specimens indicate lithification to a certain degree
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Reposited in the BMNH, LACM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• several specimens (turtles ,snakes insects) are housed in the Institut für Paläontologie of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität, Bonn (GPIBO)
Primary reference: S. Hervet and F. de Broin. 2000. Palaeochelys mlynarskii n. sp., de l’Oligocène supérieur de Rott (Allemagne), et redescription de l’espèce type P. bussenensis Meyer, 1847. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science 331(8):563-569 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84606: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.11.2008, edited by Torsten Liebrecht and Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Zaphrissa eurypelis n. gen. n. sp.2 Cope 1866 painted frog Princeton specimen "purchased abroad in 1861" by A. Guyot
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Hyla europaea n. sp.7
Hyla europaea n. sp.7 Noble 1928 tree frog type was "doubtfully referred to Rana meriana by Lydekker (1890)"
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"Chelydra decheni n. sp." = Chelydropsis decheni
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"Palaeochelys mlynarskii n. sp." = Palaeomauremys mlynarskii
"Palaeochelys mlynarskii n. sp." = Palaeomauremys mlynarskii Hervet and de Broin 2000 turtle | |
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"Tropidonotus atavus n. sp." = Rottophis atavus8, "Elaphis atavus" = Rottophis atavus5, "Morelia papyracea n. sp." = Rottophis atavus9
"Tropidonotus atavus n. sp." = Rottophis atavus8 von Meyer 1855 boa GPIBo Ro 4023 (holotype), from Romerikenberg mine, also regarded as the holotype of Coluber papyraceus Fischer 1857; BMNH 36377, described and figured as Coluber (Tropidonotus ?) atavus in von Meyer (1860, Palaeontographica 7(4)), referred to as Morelia papyracea by Troschel (1861, Archiv f. Naturgesch. 27(1)), and listed as Elaphis atavus by Lydekker (1888)
"Elaphis atavus" = Rottophis atavus5 von Meyer 1855 boa BMNH 33065, 36378 (counterpart of 36377), 41088
"Morelia papyracea n. sp." = Rottophis atavus9 von Meyer 1855 boa GPIBo Ro 4024, regarded as holotype
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Pseudopus moguntinus4 Boettger 1875 legless lizard SM specimens, mostly disarticulated; BM 42756, skeleton. See also Auge 2005.
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Enoplophthalmus sp.6 Sauvage 1880 | |
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"Tarsichthys macrurus" = Tarsichthys macrurus6, "Leuciscus (Tarsichthys) tarsiger n. sp." = Tarsichthys macrurus10, "Cyprinus papyraceus n. sp." = Palaeorutilus papyraceus3, "Palaeorutilus papyraceus" = Palaeorutilus papyraceus6
"Leuciscus (Tarsichthys) tarsiger n. sp." = Tarsichthys macrurus10 Agassiz 1839 carp-like fish GPIBo Ro 4100 (holotype)
"Cyprinus papyraceus n. sp." = Palaeorutilus papyraceus3 Bronn 1828 carp-like fish Bronn speaks of "several hundred" specimens, coming from the Geistinger Busch between Rott and Dambruch (= Dambroich)
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