Septarienton, Malliss (Oligocene of Germany)

Also known as Malliss Clay Pit

Where: Germany (53.2° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 52.7° N, 7.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Rupel Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, nodular claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: sieve

Primary reference: M. Reich. 2002. Holothuriensklerite (Echinodermata) aus dem Oligozän (Rupelium) Norddeutschlands. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 224(1):97-113 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91095: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 04.09.2009, edited by Terri Cleary

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Chelyopsis holsaticus Dames 1894 sea turtle
cheloniid plastron part
Holothuroidea
 Molpadiida - Molpadiidae
Calcligula elgeri Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
 Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae
Calclamnella fusiformis Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
Elgerius ostrea Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
  - Priscopedatidae
Dictyothurites corbisema Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber