Katharinenhof (Eocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (54.4° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: K. Rothausen. 1986. Marine Tetrapoden im tertären Nordsee-Becken. Beitrage zur regionalen Geologe der Erde 18:510-557 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45802: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.12.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
? Caretta sp. Rafinesque 1814 loggerhead