Dalum (Eocene of Germany)
Where: Germany (52.6° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.5° N, 3.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Fürstenau Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• early Lutetian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified conglomerate
• marine transgressive gravels
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Diedrich. 2011. The world's oldest fossil seal record. Natural Science 3(11):914-920 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 121968: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
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Mammalia | |
Praephoca bendullensis n. gen. n. sp.
Praephoca bendullensis n. gen. n. sp. Diedrich 2011 mammal | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Isurus praecursor1, "Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus, "Carcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus1
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818 white shark | |
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Carcharocles cf. sokolovi, Carcharocles subserratus1, Carcharocles sokolovi1, Otodus obliquus1, Otodus sokolovi2
Carcharocles cf. sokolovi mackerel shark | |
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Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet.1 Ehrenberg 1834 | |
unclassified | |
Plantae indet.1 Haeckel 1866 |