Frohnstetten (Eocene of Germany)

Also known as Sigmaringen

Where: Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (48.1° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 5.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: St Capraise d'Eymet level zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Sudre. 1978. Les artiodactyles de l'Eocene moyen et superieur d'Europe occidentale; systematique et evolution. Memoires et Travaux de l'Institut de Montpellier de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 7:1-229 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31744: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 24.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

• incomplete
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Choeropotamus parisiensis Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Tapirulidae
Tapirulus hyracinus Gervais 1850 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Gelocidae
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotherium sp. Cuvier 1804 even-toed ungulate
Diplobune sp. Rutimeyer 1862 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium sp. Bravard 1828 even-toed ungulate