Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.3° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MP 13 mammal zone, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lignite and shale
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 178144: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 21.04.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Borkenia germanica Hummel 1935 turtle |