Neumühle bei Weinheim: Rupelian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
Reptilia
? Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Rupelchelys breitkreutzi n. gen., n. sp. Karl and Tichy 1999
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx triunguis Forksal 1775
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Alzey
Coordinates: 49.6° North, 8.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.0° North, 5.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Unterer Meeressand" --Lower Sea Sand. Finds concentrated in two places.
The highest in the area of ​​the sea sand yielded the remains of a sea turtle shell, below some fragmentary freshwater turtles were salvaged (Google translation)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: found during construction works
Metadata
Database number:189577
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-11-01 13:57:40 Last modified:2017-11-01 13:57:40
Access level:the public Released:2017-11-01 13:57:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
63725. H.-V. Karl and G. Tichy. 1999. Zur Taxonomie eines neuen Tribus von Seeschildkröten aus dem Oligozän von Deutschland (Testudines: Chelonioidea). Joannea Geologie und Paläontologie 1:61-77 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]