Hechtsheim (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Mainz, Germany (50.0° N, 8.3° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 6.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. v.o.n. Reinach. 1900. Schildkrötenreste im Mainzer Tertiärbecken und in benachbarten ungefähr gleichaltrigen Ablagerungen. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 28:1-135 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190939: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 26.12.2017

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Trionyx gergensi n. sp." = Trionyx vindobonensis
"Trionyx gergensi n. sp." = Trionyx vindobonensis Peters 1855 softshell turtle
previous references as Aspidonectes gergensi are nomina dubia (see Georgalis and Joyce 2017)