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    The Geiseltal fossil deposit is located in the former lignite district of the Geiseltal south of the city of Halle in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is an...
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    Darwinius (redirect from Ida fossil)
    research purposes more difficult. List of fossil primates List of transitional fossils Geiseltal (fossil deposit) Notharctus Mertz, D. F., Renne, P. R. (2005):...
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    Diplocynodon (category Fossil taxa described in 1847)
    preserved specimens have been found in the Messel Pit and the Geiseltal lignite deposit in Germany. Most articulated Diplocynodon specimens from these...
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    from the Eocene. Trogulus longipes Haupt, 1956 (Dyspnoi: Trogulidae) — Geiseltal, Germany Philacarus hispaniolensis (Laniatores: Samoidae?) — Dominican...
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    of the hesperornithiform Baptornis. A supposed mid-Eocene diver fossil form Geiseltal (Germany) was erroneously assigned to Gavia. List of Gaviiformes...
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    Gastornis (category Fossil taxa described in 1855)
    man full of zeal", who had discovered the first fossils in clay (Argile Plastique [fr]) formation deposits at Meudon, near Paris. The discovery was notable...
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    the fossil sedimentation that resulted in insights into sediment petrography. Through the research, he was able to identify an iron ore deposit in Salzgitter...
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  • Geisel valley (redirect from Geiseltal)
    The Geisel valley (German: Geiseltal) is a valley in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, situated west of Merseburg, Saalekreis district. It is named after the River...
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    Palaeobatrachus (category Fossil taxa described in 1839)
    remains are plentiful in freshwater sediments in western Bohemia, in Geiseltal (west Germany) and in east Germany. They are sometimes preserved very...
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  • the mode of soft tissue preservation in frogs from Geiseltal as similar to those of other fossil vertebrates from lacustrine ecosystems. Evidence from...
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    Dentaneosuchus (category Fossil taxa described in 2023)
    mammal species of Europe. Studies on parts of the mammal fauna of the Geiseltal in Germany for instance reveal that gigantism during the Eocene may be...
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    Diplobune (category Fossil taxa described in 1862)
    freshwater environments, evident by the lack of Diplobune fossils in other MP23 localities. The deposit of Itardies, in addition to D. minor, yielded remains...
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  • This article records new taxa of every kind of fossil archosaur that are scheduled to be described during 2024, as well as other significant discoveries...
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    Plagiolophus (mammal) (category Fossil taxa described in 1847)
    groups. In the fossil record, Plagiolophus is thought to have made its earliest appearance in MP12 based on dental fossils from the Geiseltal uMK locality...
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    Europolemur (category Fossil taxa described in 1933)
    the middle Eocene. Europolemur klatti is part of a group of long-digited fossils that most likely approximates early euprimate hand proportions. E. klatti...
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  • Hoburogekko (category Fossils of Mongolia)
    Angielczyk, Kenneth (ed.). "A new gecko (Squamata, Gekkota) from the Eocene of Geiseltal (Germany) implies long-term persistence of European Sphaerodactylidae"...
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    Riegel, Walter (February 2021). "Composition of resinites from the Eocene Geiseltal brown coal basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany and comparison to their possible...
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    and an additional incomplete pair of mandibles (GM XVIII-49) from the Geiseltal open-pit coal mine near Halle in the state of Saxony-Anhalt from the slightly...
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    spiegeli, are known from complete skeletons from the famous Messel Pit fossil deposits in Germany. Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon is the most common mammal found...
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  • Nigeria. Averianov (2023) describes new fossil material of Pterosphenus muruntau from the Eocene (Bartonian) deposits from the Dzheroi 2 locality in the Central...
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  • Gen., N. Sp. (Strigiformes, Aves) aus de Mitteleozänen Braunkohle des Geiseltals bei Halle (DDR)" (PDF). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin...
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  • science portal Dinosaurs portal This list of fossil reptiles described in 2022 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year...
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  • and inferring dietary preferences of crocodylians known from the Eocene Geiseltal-Fossillagerstätte (Germany), representing genera Diplocynodon, Asiatosuchus...
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    partitioning in the middle Eocene high-diversity crocodylian assemblage of the Geiseltal-Fossillagerstätte, Germany utilizing skull shape analysis". Geological...
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  • 165–174. Mayr, G. (2002). "Avian Remains from the Middle Eocene of the Geiseltal (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany)". Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society...
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  • Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised...
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  • asphalt-bearing deposit of El Breal de Orocual (Venezuela) by Czaplewski & Rincón (2020), representing one of the oldest vampire bats in the fossil record reported...
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