Basbeck (Eocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (53.7° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 5.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

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 46085: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.01.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines -
Cryptodira sp., Chelonioidea indet.
Cryptodira sp. Cope 1868 turtle
[entered as Cryptodyra sp.]
Chelonioidea indet. Baur 1893 sea turtle
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae indet., Puppigerus sp., "Puppigerus cf. crassicostatus" = Puppigerus crassicostata
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle
Puppigerus sp. Cope 1870 sea turtle
"Puppigerus cf. crassicostatus" = Puppigerus crassicostata Owen 1849 sea turtle