Dechbetten (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.0° N, 12.1° E: paleocoordinates 49.3° N, 10.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 5 mammal zone, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: U. B. Gohlich. 2003. The avifauna of the Grund Beds (Middle Miocene, Early Badenian, northern Austria). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 104:237-249 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 125335: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.03.2012, edited by David Nicholson and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Trionyx brunhuberi n. sp." = Trionyx vindobonensis1
"Trionyx brunhuberi n. sp." = Trionyx vindobonensis1 Peters 1855 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
"Clemmys sophiae n. sp." = Mauremys sophiae2
"Clemmys sophiae n. sp." = Mauremys sophiae2 Ammon 1911 pond turtle
Aves
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax intermedius Milne-Edwards 1867 cormorant