Siessen: Burdigalian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea
Scaldicetus sp. Du Bus 1867
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis murchisoni (Bell 1836)
Karl 2013
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo antiqua Bronn 1831
Karl 2013
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ptychogaster kinkelini Reinach 1900
Karl 2013
Reptilia - Testudines
Allaeochelys parayrei Noulet 1867
Karl 2013
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx triunguis Forksal 1775
Karl 2013
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 48.0° North, 9.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.2° North, 7.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: "upper marine molasse"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Molasse
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:49101
Authorizer:M. Uhen, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Uhen, E. Vlachos
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-04-08 13:51:07 Last modified:2010-10-29 13:29:35
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-08 13:51:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13125. G. Pilleri. 1986. The Cetacea of the Western Paratethys 1-70 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

67646 H.-V. Karl. 2013. Die fossilen Schildkröten aus der Molasse von Oberschwaben mit taxonomischen Notizen zu „Promalacoclemmys Reinach, 1900“ und Testudo antiqua Bronn, 1831 (Testudines: Cryptodira). Mainzer naturwiss. Archiv 50:121-146 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]