Günsburg turtle (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (48.5° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 8.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MN 6 mammal zone, Günsburger Sandstone Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

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 178668: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 10.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
"Clemmys guntiana n. sp." = Mauremys guntiana
"Clemmys guntiana n. sp." = Mauremys guntiana Roger 1902 pond turtle