The first cetacean from the early Oligocene of the SW German Mainz Basin: a probable cheek tooth of a mysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea)
Despite two centuries of fossils collecting, no cetacean remains from the Oligocene marine deposits of the Mainz Basin (western Germany) have ever been reported. Here, we describe a possible mysticete tooth from the sand pit of Eckelsheim, which exposes high energy deposits belonging to the Rupelian...
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ftfuberlin:oai:refubium.fu-berlin.de:fub188/43123 2024-05-12T07:56:38+00:00 The first cetacean from the early Oligocene of the SW German Mainz Basin: a probable cheek tooth of a mysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea) Hampe, Oliver von der Hocht, Fritz 2024 14 Seiten application/pdf https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/43123 https://doi.org/10.17169/refubium-42839 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-023-00676-4 eng eng https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/43123 http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-42839 doi:10.1007/s12542-023-00676-4 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Eckelsheim Rupelian Alzey Formation Meeressand Upper Rhine Graben Llanocetus ddc:550 doc-type:article 2024 ftfuberlin https://doi.org/10.17169/refubium-4283910.1007/s12542-023-00676-4 2024-04-17T14:43:44Z Despite two centuries of fossils collecting, no cetacean remains from the Oligocene marine deposits of the Mainz Basin (western Germany) have ever been reported. Here, we describe a possible mysticete tooth from the sand pit of Eckelsheim, which exposes high energy deposits belonging to the Rupelian Alzey Formation. The latter has yielded a rich assemblage of vertebrates and invertebrates, but so far, only one marine mammal in the form of the sirenian Kaupitherium. The whale tooth in some ways resembles the m2 of Llanocetus from the latest Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica. If the find from the Mainz Basin is not a regionally evolved form, Llanocetus, which is known from the South Atlantic, could have migrated through the Atlantic realm during the early Oligocene. It cannot be excluded that the tooth represents a more widely occurring lineage, neither endemic nor necessarily related to llanocetids, that—given the generally poor Rupelian record—has not been well documented yet. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Seymour Island Freie Universität Berlin: Refubium (FU Berlin) Seymour ENVELOPE(-56.767,-56.767,-64.283,-64.283) Seymour Island ENVELOPE(-56.750,-56.750,-64.283,-64.283) |
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Eckelsheim Rupelian Alzey Formation Meeressand Upper Rhine Graben Llanocetus ddc:550 Hampe, Oliver von der Hocht, Fritz The first cetacean from the early Oligocene of the SW German Mainz Basin: a probable cheek tooth of a mysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea) |
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Despite two centuries of fossils collecting, no cetacean remains from the Oligocene marine deposits of the Mainz Basin (western Germany) have ever been reported. Here, we describe a possible mysticete tooth from the sand pit of Eckelsheim, which exposes high energy deposits belonging to the Rupelian Alzey Formation. The latter has yielded a rich assemblage of vertebrates and invertebrates, but so far, only one marine mammal in the form of the sirenian Kaupitherium. The whale tooth in some ways resembles the m2 of Llanocetus from the latest Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica. If the find from the Mainz Basin is not a regionally evolved form, Llanocetus, which is known from the South Atlantic, could have migrated through the Atlantic realm during the early Oligocene. It cannot be excluded that the tooth represents a more widely occurring lineage, neither endemic nor necessarily related to llanocetids, that—given the generally poor Rupelian record—has not been well documented yet. |
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The first cetacean from the early Oligocene of the SW German Mainz Basin: a probable cheek tooth of a mysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea) |
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The first cetacean from the early Oligocene of the SW German Mainz Basin: a probable cheek tooth of a mysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea) |
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The first cetacean from the early Oligocene of the SW German Mainz Basin: a probable cheek tooth of a mysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea) |
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The first cetacean from the early Oligocene of the SW German Mainz Basin: a probable cheek tooth of a mysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea) |
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The first cetacean from the early Oligocene of the SW German Mainz Basin: a probable cheek tooth of a mysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea) |
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first cetacean from the early oligocene of the sw german mainz basin: a probable cheek tooth of a mysticete (mammalia: cetacea) |
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