Geiseltal, Ce IV, Grube "Cecilie" (Eocene of Germany)

Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.3° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 7.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• subset of collection 45001, 45002 or 13322

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lignite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178142: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 21.04.2016, edited by Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Geiseltaliellus longicaudus Kuhn 1944 squamates
 Testudines -
Borkenia germanica Hummel 1935 turtle