Geiseltal, Ns XXXVI, Neumark-Süd, Trichter (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)

• After Krumbiegel 1977 the collection is a subset of collection 45002 (Mittelkohle, Zone II), but it might be a subset of collection 13322 (Mittelkohle, Zone III), according to the stratigraphy of Haubold 1982.

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: K.-H. Fischer. 1977. Neue Funde von Rhinocerolophiodon (n. gen.), Lophiodon und Hyrachyus (Ceratomorpha, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) aus dem Eozän des Geiseltals bei Halle (DDR); Teil 2: Lophiodon. (New fossils of Rhinocerolophiodon (n. gen.), Lophiodon and Hyrachyus from the Eocene of the Geiseltal, Halle (DDR); second part: Lophiodon). Zeitschrift der geologischen Wissenschaften 5(9):1129-1152 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45768: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 01.12.2004, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon remensis Lemoine 1878 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Propalaeotherium voigti1, Propalaeotherium voigti1, "Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum1, "Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum1, "Propalaeotherium parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus1
Propalaeotherium voigti1 Matthes 1977 odd-toed ungulate
Propalaeotherium voigti1 Matthes 1977 odd-toed ungulate
"Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum1 Cuvier 1824 odd-toed ungulate
"Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum1 Cuvier 1824 odd-toed ungulate
"Propalaeotherium parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus1 Laurillard 1849 odd-toed ungulate
Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Hummelemys ambigua3 Hervet 2004 turtle
 Squamata - Eolacertidae
Eolacerta robusta2 Nöth 1940 squamates