Bergbaues Trimmelkam: Middle Miocene, Austria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Pliopithecidae
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Pliopithecus (Plesiopliopithecus n. subgen.) lockeri n. sp.
Zapfe 1961
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| mandible with two premolars and the first molar intact | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Austria | State/province: | Salzach |
| Coordinates: | 48.1° North, 12.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.3° North, 11.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coal |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 1 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 34538 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Hunter | Enterer: | M. Hall |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-09-07 17:41:32 | Last modified: | 2006-08-14 01:24:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-07 17:41:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9118. | H. Zapfe. 1961. Ein Primatenfund aus der Molasse von Oberoesterreich. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 35(1-2) [J. Hunter/M. Hall/J. Alroy] |