Where: Hessen, Germany (49.9° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 4.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Messel Formation, MP 11 (48.6 - 40.4 Ma)
• "lower Middle Eocene, lower-most Geiseltalian, Mammal Paleogene level 11… .575 to .77 m above local stratigraphic marker Alpha."
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: F. Meunier. 1921. Die Insektenreste aus dem Lutetien von Messel bei Darmstadt. Abhandlungen der Hessischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Darmstadt 7:2-15 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120036: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 06.11.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bergisuchus dietrichbergi n. gen. n. sp.10
Bergisuchus dietrichbergi n. gen. n. sp.10 Kuhn 1968 crocodilian HLMD-Me 7003 - holotype (anterior part of a left lower jaw and a snout fragment, both from one individual)
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Hassiacosuchus haupti n. gen. n. sp.14
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Alligator darwini n. sp.1
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"Baryphracta deponiae" = Diplocynodon deponiae3
"Baryphracta deponiae" = Diplocynodon deponiae3 Frey et al. 1987 crocodilian HLMD Me 7496 (exposing the dorsal side); HLMD Me 8080 (exposing the right lateral [slightly] and ventral sides);
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"Tomistomidae indet." = Tomistominae12
"Tomistomidae indet." = Tomistominae12 Eastman 1902 crocodilian HLMD-Me 5589 (fragment of right mandible), 5591+5592 (partial left mandible) & 5593 (fragment of right mandible)
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Parargornis messelensis n. gen. n. sp.8
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Reptilia | |
"Ocadia kehreri" = Euroemys kehreri5 Staesche 1928 turtle coll. HLD-Me : 15033, 148, 7229, 8877, 8051, Be-139, Be-142, 15562, 14749, Be-157; HLD-Me-1452 originally referred to Ocadia messeliana by Staesche 1928
"Ocadia messeliana n. sp." = Francellia messeliana5 Staesche 1928 turtle Type HLD-Me-1444. Additional material HLD-Me 10477, 7960, 15011
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"Anosteira crassesculpta n. sp." = Allaeochelys crassesculpta4
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Insecta | |
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"Ancylochira minuta n. sp." = Macropunctum minutum, "Ancylochira prompta n. sp." = Macropunctum promptum
"Ancylochira minuta n. sp." = Macropunctum minutum Meunier 1921 click beetle HLMD Me 1206, 1276, 1124
"Ancylochira prompta n. sp." = Macropunctum promptum Meunier 1921 click beetle | |
Ancylochira eocaenica n. sp., Ancylochira agilis n. sp., Eurythyrea sp., Sphenoptera eocaenica n. sp., Sphenoptera metallica n. sp., Perotis messelensis n. sp.
Ancylochira eocaenica n. sp. Meunier 1921 jewel beetle HLMD Me 1082, 937, 1225, 1338, 593, 1182, 4090, 1393, 925, 927
Ancylochira agilis n. sp. Meunier 1921 jewel beetle
Eurythyrea sp. Dejean 1833 jewel beetle
Sphenoptera eocaenica n. sp. Meunier 1921 metallic wood-boring beetle
Sphenoptera metallica n. sp. Meunier 1921 metallic wood-boring beetle
Perotis messelensis n. sp. Meunier 1921 jewel beetle | |
Trogossita eocaenica n. sp.
Trogossita eocaenica n. sp. Meunier 1921 bark gnawing beetle | |
"Lina titana n. sp." = Chrysomela titana
"Lina titana n. sp." = Chrysomela titana Meunier 1921 leaf beetle | |
Geotrupes messelensis n. sp.
Geotrupes messelensis n. sp. Meunier 1921 earth-boring dung beetle | |
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Blattidae indet. Latreille 1810 cockroach
Periplaneta eocaenica n. sp. Meunier 1921 cockroach
Periplaneta relicta n. sp. Meunier 1921 cockroach | |
Amphibolus disponsi n. sp.6
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Baninus thuringiorum n. gen. n. sp.13
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Amalaberga ostrogothiorum n. gen. n. sp.13
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Gymnopleurus eocaenicus n. sp.
Gymnopleurus eocaenicus n. sp. Meunier 1921 insect |