Messel: MP 11, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Pholidocerus hassiacus
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Franzen 1985 | |||||||||
Dombeyopsis sp.
Unger 1850
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nomen nudum belonging to Plantae | ||||||||||
Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Rosaceae
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? Prunus sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Mammalia
- Pseudorhyncocyonidae
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Leptictidium nasutum n. sp.
Storch and Lister 1985
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Hooker 2013 | |||||||||
Leptictidium auderiense n. gen., n. sp.
Tobien 1962
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Hooker 2013 | |||||||||
Leptictidium tobieni n. sp.
Koenigswald and Storch 1987
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Hooker 2013 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Plesiarctomys sp.
Bravard 1848
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Harrassowitz 1922 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
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Darwinius masillae n. gen., n. sp.
Franzen et al. 2009
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Franzen et al. 2009 | 1 individual | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Emballonuridae
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Tachypteron franzeni n. gen., n. sp.
Storch et al. 2002
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Storch et al. 2002 | |||||||||
type in IRSNB collection | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Archaeonycteridae
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Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon
Revilliod 1917
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Franzen 1985 | |||||||||
Archaeonycteris trigonodon
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Franzen 1985 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Propalaeotherium sp.
Gervais
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Franzen 1985 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
- Didelphidae
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Didelphidae indet.
Gray 1821
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von Koenigswald 1982 | |||||||||
probably Peratherium or Amphiperatherium | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Ocadia messeliana
Staesche 1928
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Hervet 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Francellia messeliana | ||||||||||
IRSNB-121 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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originally entered as "Testudo indet." | ||||||||||
= Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
? Juvemys sp.
Hervet 2003
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Hervet 2004 | |||||||||
BMNH R 10869 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Ocadia kehreri
Staesche 1928
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Hervet 2004 | |||||||||
recombined as Euroemys kehreri | ||||||||||
coll. IRSNB : 117 (Pl. 3, Fig. F), 289 (Pl. 3, Fig. C), 1-535, 26802 ; MNSD 580/77B18 (Groessens Van Dyck, 1978 : Fig. 2) | ||||||||||
Borkenia aff. oschkinisi
Schleich 1994
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Hervet 2004 | |||||||||
SMNS 54849, IRSBN IG28502 | ||||||||||
Anosteira gracilis n. sp.
Harrassowitz 1922
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Harrassowitz 1922 | |||||||||
synonym of Allaeochelys crassesculpta | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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= Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
= Palaeoamyda messeliana n. gen., n. sp.
Reinach 1900
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Cadena 2016 | |||||||||
recombined as Rafetoides messelianus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Placosauriops weigelti
Kuhn 1940
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Augé 2005 | |||||||||
some more or less complete skeletons | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Crocodilus ebertsi
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original and current combination Crocodylus | ||||||||||
Alligator darwini
Ludwig 1877
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Baryphracta deponiae
Frey et al. 1987
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Frey et al. 1987 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Diplocynodon deponiae | ||||||||||
IRSNB R 261 (near complete skeleton); IRSNB R 262 (IG 26467; exposing the ventral side) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Psittacopedidae
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Eofringillirostrum parvulum n. sp.
Ksepka et al. 2019
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Ksepka et al. 2019 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Halcyornithidae
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Pseudasturidae indet.
Mayr 1998
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Mayr 1998 | |||||||||
synonym of Halcyornithidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Psittaciformes
- Messelasturidae
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Messelastur gratulator n. gen., n. sp.
Peters 1994
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Peters 1994 | |||||||||
type from "L13 (Grabungsstelle 32), 26-43 cm unter Leithorizont M"; referred specimen of Mayr 2011 is in the SMF | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Coraciiformes
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Eocoracias brachyptera
Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré 2000
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Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré 2000 | |||||||||
referred specimens in the SMF and HLMD collections | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Zygodactylidae
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Primozygodactylus quintus n. sp.
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Mayr 2017 | |||||||||
Primozygodactylus longibrachium n. sp.
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Mayr 2017 | |||||||||
Primozygodactylus eunjooae
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Mayr 2017 | |||||||||
Primozygodactylus cf. danielsi
Mayr 1998
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Mayr 2017 | |||||||||
? Pseudastur sp.
Mayr 1998
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Mayr 1998 | |||||||||
Pseudastur macrocephalus n. gen., n. sp.
Mayr 1998
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Mayr 1998 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Strigogyps sapea
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Idiornithidae
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Dynamopterus tuberculatus
(Peters 1995)
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Cariamiformes
- Cariamidae
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Dynamopterus cf. itardiensis
(Mourer-Chauvire 1983)
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Mayr 2016 | |||||||||
original and current combination Idiornis itardiensis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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Masillastega rectirostris n. gen., n. sp.
Mayr 2002
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Mayr 2002 | |||||||||
IPB 140a+b | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Threskiornithidae
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Rhynchaeites messelensis n. gen., n. sp.
Wittich 1898
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Reptilia
- Lithornithidae
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Lithornithidae indet.
Houde 1988
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Mayr 2008 | |||||||||
from "Messel": SGPIMH specimen | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus strausi
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amia kehreri
Andreae 1893
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recombined as Cyclurus kehreri | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Paraprefica major n. sp.
Mayr 1999
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Mayr 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Hessen |
Coordinates: | 49.9° North, 8.7° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.9° North, 4.8° East |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
*Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Eocene - Eocene |
Key time interval: | MP 11 | ||
Age range of interval: | 48.60000 - 40.40000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Messel | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0.
Lower Middle-Eocene, Lutetian JA: MP 11 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "shale" |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: . | |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: flood, ETE env comment: drowning |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | many |
Associated major elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection size: | 1000 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 666, 664, 645, 493, 638, 983, ; ETE museum list: |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 1576, Messel, | ||
Database number: | 22701 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, P. Holroyd, M. Uhen, L. van den Hoek Ostende, E. Fara, D. Nicholson, J. Alroy, P. Mannion, P. Barrett | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion, T. Cleary, L. van den Hoek Ostende, E. Fara, M. Uhen, P. Holroyd, J. Alroy, D. Nicholson, S. Kuemmell |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
Created: | 2001-05-29 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-10-05 10:52:14 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-05-29 01:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
10646. | E. Wittich. 1898. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Messeler Braunkohle und ihrer Fauna. Abhandlungen der großherzoglich Hessischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Darmstadt 3(3):79-147 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] |
Secondary references:
19636 | J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
59290 | M. L. Augé. 2005. Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 192:1-369 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary] | |
5671 | ETE 1427 | J. L. Franzen. 1985. Exceptional preservation of Eocene vertebrates in the lake deposits of Grube Messel (West Germany). Philosophical Transactions of the the Royal Society, London, B 311:181-186 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |
29986 | J. L. Franzen, P. D. Gingerich, J. Habersetzer, J. H. Hurum, W. Koenigswald and B. H. Smith. 2009. Complete primate skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology. PloSone 4(5):1-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
47631 | E. Frey, A. Laemmert, and J. Riess. 1987. Baryphracta deponiae n. g. n. sp. (Reptilia, Crocodylia), ein neues Krokodil aus der Grube Messel bey Darmstadt (Hessen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatschefte 1987:15-26 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
60520 | H. Harrassowitz. 1922. Die Schildkrötengattung Anosteira von Messel bei Darmstadt und ihre stammesgeschichtliche Bedeutung. Abhandlungen der Hessischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 6:132-239 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
58591 | S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
56880 | J. J. Hooker. 2013. Origin and evolution of the Pseudorhyncocyonidae, a European Paleogene family of insectivorous placental mammals. Palaeontology 56(4):807-835 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
68490 | D. T. Ksepka, L. Grande, and G. Mayr. 2019. Oldest Finch-Beaked Birds Reveal Parallel Ecological Radiations in the Earliest Evolution of Passerines. Current Biology 29:657-663 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
74716 | G. Mayr. 1998. A new family of Eocene zygodactyl birds. Senckenbergiana lethaea 78(1/2):199-209 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
19816 | 5% 53280 | G. Mayr. 1999. Caprimulgiform birds from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):521-532 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara] |
19391 | 5% 57400 | G. Mayr. 2002. A skull of a new pelecaniform bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(3):507-512 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
28308 | G. Mayr. 2008. First substantial Middle Eocene record of the Lithornithidae (Aves): A postcranial skeleton from Messel (Germany). Annales de Paléontologie 94(1):29-37 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
65053 | G. Mayr. 2016. Avian feet, crocodilian food and the diversity of larger birds in the early Eocene of Messel. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 96(4):601-609 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
62734 | G. Mayr. 2017. New species of Primozygodactylus from Messel and the ecomorphology and evolutionary significance of early Eocene zygodactylid birds (Aves, Zygodactylidae). Historical Biology 29(7):875-884 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
28401 | G. Mayr and C. Mourer-Chauviré. 2000. Rollers (Aves: Coraciiformes s.s.) from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Germany) and the Upper Eocene of the Quercy (France). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):533-546 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
28683 | D. S. Peters. 1994. Messelastur gratulator n. gen. n. spec., ein Greifvogel as der Grube Messel (Aves: Accipitridae). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 170:3-9 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
25533 | G. Storch, B. Sigé, and J. Habersetzer. 2002. Tachypteron franzeni n. gen., n. sp., earliest emballonurid bat from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 76(2):189-199 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende] | |
14114 | 5% 27620 | W. von Koenigswald. 1982. Die erste Beutelratte aus dem mitteleozänen Ölschiefer von Messel bei Darmstadt; (The first opossum in the middle Eocene black shales of Messel near Darmstadt). Natur und Museum, Frankfurt 112(2):41-48 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] |