Dalum: Lutetian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Jaeckelotodus robustus
Diedrich 2012 46 specimens
Jaeckelotodus trigonalis
Diedrich 2012 33 specimens
Isurolamia affinis
Diedrich 2012 4 specimens
Usakias wardi
Diedrich 2012 1 specimen
Crustacea indet.
Diedrich 2012 29 specimens
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Diedrich 2012 173 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Lamiostomatidae
Xiphodolamia ensis Leidy 1877
Diedrich 2012 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Pachygaleus lefevrei (Daimeries 1891)
Diedrich 2012 2 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo latidens (Agassiz 1835)
Diedrich 2012 3 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905
Diedrich 2012 1 specimen
Brachycarcharias lerichei (Casier 1946)
Diedrich 2012 36 specimens
Hypotodus verticalis (Agassiz 1843)
Diedrich 2012 64 specimens
Sylvestrilamia teretidens
Diedrich 2012 95 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Diedrich 2012 12 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981
Diedrich 2012 179 specimens
Procarcharodon auriculatus (Blainville 1818)
recombined as Carcharodon auriculatus
Carcharodon auriculatus (Blainville 1818)
Diedrich 2012 455 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon novus
Diedrich 2012 5 specimens
Striatolamia macrota (Agassiz 1838)
Diedrich 2012 5901 specimens
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles cf. sokolovi
Carcharocles subserratus
Diedrich 2012 48 specimens
Carcharocles sokolovi
Diedrich 2012 13 specimens
Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1838
Diedrich 2012 47 specimens
Otodus sokolovi Zhelezko and Kozlov 1999
Diedrich 2013
Mammalia - Sirenia - Protosirenidae
Protosiren cf. fraasi Abel 1904
Diedrich 2013 3 specimens
Mammalia - Cetacea
? Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
Diedrich 2013
Mammalia
Praephoca bendullensis n. gen., n. sp. Diedrich 2011
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Mammalia
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Diedrich 2012 25 specimens
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Diedrich 2012 61 specimens
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Diedrich 2012 4 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 52.6° North, 7.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.5° North, 3.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:FĂ¼rstenau
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: early Lutetian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: marine transgressive gravels
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:121968
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-12-13 08:34:02 Last modified:2014-03-27 17:07:30
Access level:the public Released:2011-12-13 08:34:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
38795. C. Diedrich. 2011. The world's oldest fossil seal record. Natural Science 3(11):914-920 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

64686 C. G. Diedrich. 2012. Eocene (Lutetian) Shark-Rich Coastal Paleoenvironments of the Southern North Sea Basin in Europe: Biodiversity of the Marine Fu ̀ˆrstenau Formation Including Early White and Megatooth Sharks. International Journal of Oceanography 2012(565326):1-22 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
50541 C. J. Diedrich. 2013. The most northerly record of the sirenian Protosiren and the possible polyphyletic evolution of manatees and dugongs. Natural Science 5(11):1154-1164 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]