Messel Formation
258 distinct taxa, from 377 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 56–41 Mya.
Hessen · DE
258 taxa · 377 fossils · 56–41 MyaLoading coastlines…
2 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Psiloptera transversovittata
- Buprestinae
- Psiloptera
- Ceropria messelense
- Macropunctum messelense
- Macropunctum eocaenicum
- Lanelater verae
- Aves
- Dicerca
- Eospinosus peterkulkai
- Euroemys kehreri
- Lampetis weigelti
- Palaeocrassirhinus messelensis
- Aspidiotinae
- Dicercina
- Diplocynodon deponiae
- Eubrianacinae
- Francellia messeliana
- Hydrobiomorpha eopalpalis
- Lanelater
- Macropunctum meunieri
- Neochelys franzeni
- Palaeoalatorostrum schaali
- Primozygodactylus
- Titanomyrma gigantea
- Titanomyrma simillima
- Allaeochelys crassesculpta
- Alligator darwini
- Blattidae
- Borkenia oschkinisi
- Cylindrobates messelensis
- Eocoracias brachyptera
- Eoplatypleura messelensis
- Gruiformes
- Hydrophilus
- Juvemys
- Messelirrisor grandis
- Mezira eocenica
- Mezira petrificata
- Perplexicervix microcephalon
The 40 most often recorded, of 258.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.