Helmstedt (Eocene to of Germany)
Where: Germany (52.2° N, 11.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.7° N, 6.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Gehlberg Formation, Bartonian to Bartonian (41.3 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: K. Rothausen. 1986. Marine Tetrapoden im tertären Nordsee-Becken. Beitrage zur regionalen Geologe der Erde 18:510-557 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46086: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.01.2005, edited by Terri Cleary
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Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca | |
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Titanocarcinus zoellneri n. sp.1
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"Xanthopsis wilkeningi n. sp." = Harpactocarcinus wilkeningi1
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"? Coeloma helmstedtense" = Chaceon helmstedtense1
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Gastropoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
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"Pectunculus sp." = Glycymeris6
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Mammalia | |
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Basilosauridae indet.7, Pachycetus paulsoni3, Pachycetus paulsoni3, Pachycetus paulsonii3, "cf. Dorudon osiris" = Saghacetus osiris
"cf. Dorudon osiris" = Saghacetus osiris Dames 1894 whale | |
Archaeoceti indet. mammal | |
Reptilia | |
Chelyopsis raabei n. sp.5
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Chondrichthyes | |
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni6
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"Lamna cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus6
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"Lamna elegans" = Striatolamia macrota6
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