Geiseltal, L I, Grube "Leonhardt", Trichter I (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

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: K.-H. Fischer. 1964. Die tapiroiden Perissodactylen aus der eozänen Braunkohle des Geiseltales (The tapiroid Perissodactyla from the eocene Lignit of the Geiseltal). Geologie, Beihefte 45:1-101 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45742: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 30.11.2004, edited by David Nicholson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
Borkenia germanica4 Hummel 1935 turtle
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Propalaeotherium voigti3, "Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum3, "Propalaeotherium parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus5
Propalaeotherium voigti3 Matthes 1977 odd-toed ungulate
"Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum3 Cuvier 1824 odd-toed ungulate
"Propalaeotherium parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus5 Laurillard 1849 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon remensis2 Lemoine 1878 odd-toed ungulate
Rhinocerolophiodon buxovillanum n. gen.1 Cuvier 1812 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
"Chasmotherium minimum" = Hyrachyus
"Chasmotherium minimum" = Hyrachyus odd-toed ungulate