Flonheim: Rupelian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Halitherium bronni n. sp. Krauss 1858
Krauss 1858 1 specimen
recombined as Kaupitherium bronni
Pugmeodon schinzii n. sp. Kaup 1838
Kaup 1838 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Dugongidae
Halitherium kaupi n. sp. Krauss 1858
Krauss 1858 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Dugongidae
Halytherium dubium (Cuvier 1824)
Kaup 1838 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Dugongidae
Mammalia - Creodonta
Apterodon gaudryi Fischer 1880
Grohé et al. 2012
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 49.8° North, 8.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.2° North, 4.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Selztal Formation:Alzey
Stratigraphy comments: lower Oligocene according to Voss (2014)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:65077
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-09-18 18:37:27 Last modified:2014-05-08 11:15:29
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-18 18:37:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18736. G. Pilleri. 1987. The Sirenia of the Swiss Molasse 1-114 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

12966 D. P. Domning. 1996. Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 80:1-611 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
57049 C. Grohé, M. Morlo, Y. Chaimanee, C. Blondel, P. Coster, X. Valentin, M. Salem, A. A. Bilal, J.-J. Jaegar and M. Brunet. 2012. New Apterodontinae (Hyaenodontida) from the Eocene Locality of Dur At-Talah (Libya): Systematic, Paleoecological and Phylogenetical Implications. PLoS ONE 7(11):e49054:1-19 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
36412 J. J. Kaup. 1838. [Über Zähne von Halytherium und Pugmeodon aus dem Maynzer Becken]. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1838:319 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]
36410 C. F. F. Krauss. 1858. Beitrage zur Kenntnis des schadel-baues von Halitherium. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1858:519-531 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
51111 M. Voss. 2014. On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 (Mammalia, Sirenia), with comments on systematic consequences. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(1):87-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]