Geiseltal, untere Oberkohle (lower Uppercoal) (Eocene of Germany)

Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.3° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.1° N, 7.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• Franzen & Haubold 1986: Upper Eocene

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lignite

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: H. Haubold. 1982. Zur Stellung der Wirbeltierfauna des Geiseltals, insbesondere der Mammalier, im europäischen Mitteleozän (Position of the European Middle Eocene vertebrate fauna of the Geisel Valley, with special focus on mammals). Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften 10(12):1539-1551 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45003: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 27.09.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Eolacertidae
Eolacerta robusta n. sp.2 Nöth 1940 squamates
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus minimus odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
? Lophiodon tapirotherium Desmarest 1822 odd-toed ungulate
Lophiodon remensis1 Lemoine 1878 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
"Propalaeotherium parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus
"Propalaeotherium parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus Laurillard 1849 odd-toed ungulate