Offenheim: Early/Lower Oligocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Molassitherium delemontense
Becker et al. 2013
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| HLM Din 1450, 1454, 1477, 1478, 2326 and 2327; previously referred to as Epiaceratherium aff. magnum by Uhlig (1999) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany |
| Coordinates: | 49.7° North, 8.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.1° North, 4.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Oligocene | Mammal zone: | MP 23 |
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 183353 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-12-13 08:28:42 | Last modified: | 2016-12-13 08:28:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-12-13 08:28:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61204. | D. Becker, P.-O. Antoine, and O. Maridet. 2013. A new genus of Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Oligocene of Europe. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(8):947-972 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |