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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Eolacerta robusta n. sp.2
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Mammalia | |
Hyrachyus minimus odd-toed ungulate | |
? Lophiodon tapirotherium Desmarest 1822 odd-toed ungulate | |
"Propalaeotherium parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus
"Propalaeotherium parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus Laurillard 1849 odd-toed ungulate |