northwest beltway, Bückeburg (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Lower Saxony, Germany (52.3° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 17.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Buckerberg Member, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Norbert Meyer (Stadthagen) in 1988

Primary reference: H.-V. Karl, J. Milan, and G. Tichy. 2012. New shell remains of Peltochelys duchastelli (Dollo, 1884) from Western Europe and the rise of trionychids (Testudines: Trionychoidea). Studia Palaeocheloniologica 4:87-106 [R. Benson/R. Benson/J. Tennant]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 138300: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 10.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Pleurosternidae
Dorsetochelys typocardium Seeley 1869 turtle
DZ 3, near-complete carapace