Bank of Elba near Steutz: Chattian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Allaeochelys parayrei
Noulet 1867
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MNVD 24091 | ||||||||||
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= Carettochelyinae indet.
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Joyce 2014 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Sachsen-Anhalt |
| Coordinates: | 51.8° North, 12.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.8° North, 9.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Age determination of sequence based mainly on otoliths and biostratigraphy of underlying Rupelian part of section based on foraminifera | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Lithology description: Clay pit | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "shallow-marine environment (somewhat distant from coast)" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 167940 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd, P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Holroyd, P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-04-09 13:13:20 | Last modified: | 2015-04-09 13:13:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-09 13:13:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54948. | H.-V. Karl, E. Groning, and C. Brauckmann. 2006. New carettochelyine turtle occurrence from the Oligocene in Germany and its palaeozoogeographic importance. Clausthaler Geowissenschaften 5:51-57 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |
Secondary references:
| 63405 | W. G. Joyce. 2014. A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Carettochelys. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 55(1):3-33 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |