Fundstelle Eckfeld Maar (NHMM collection), Deutschland - Evolution der Primaten - biologie-seite.de

Darwinius masillae (Bild: Jens L. Franzen)

Eckfeld Maar (NHMM collection), Deutschland

Fundort:	Eckfeld Maar (NHMM collection), Deutschland, Eifel, Deutschland
Taxon:	Europolemur klatti aus der Familie Notharctidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, The Eifel is the German part of the outcropping Variscan Basement west of the river Rhine and nort of the river Mosel. "MP 13... recently dated at 44.3 +/- 0.4 million years BP (Mertz et al. 2000)" (Franzen 2004), ...laminitic "oilshales" and siltstones... with frequent turbiditic intercalations... plant macrofossils are ... distributed throughout the sequence under investigation. ... coarse and robust plant debris such as wood fragments and large fruits/seeds is concentrated in the turbiditic layers. (Wilde and Frankenhauser 1998).
Geschätztes Alter der Fundstelle:	zwischen 40,4 und 48,6 Millionen Jahre aus der Eifel Formation in Deutschland
Geologie, Sratigraphie	Ypresian, Lutetian, Bartonian / MP 13 / Eifel
Koordinaten:	50° 5 ' 59 '' N, 6° 50 ' 24 '' O
Die Daten sowie die folgende Systematik stammen aus der Paleobiology Database, Lizenz

Literatur J. L. Franzen 2004, First fossil primates from Eckfeld Maar, Middle Eocene (Eifel, Germany). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 97:2, p. 213 - 220
Systematik Adapoidea †Notharctidae †Asiadapinae †Asiadapis †Asiadapis cambayensis †Asiadapis tapiensis †Marcgodinotius †Marcgodinotius indicus †Cantius †Cantius frugivorus †Cantius mckennai †Cantius trigonodus †Cantius actius †Cantius simonsi †Cantius savagei †Cantius angulatus †Cantius torresi †Cantius nunienus †Cantius abditus †Cantius eppsi †Cantius ralstoni †Cercamoniinae †Anchomomyini †Mazateronodon †Mazateronodon endemicus †Anchomomys †Anchomomys (Huerzeleris) †Anchomomys gaillardi †Anchomomys milleri †Anchomomys stehlini †Anchomomys (Fendantia) †Anchomomys latidens †Anchomomys frontanyensis †Cercamonius †Cercamonius brachyrhynchus †Barnesia †Barnesia hauboldi †Periconodon †Periconodon jaegeri †Periconodon huerzeleri †Periconodon helleri †Periconodon helveticus †Periconodon lemoinei †Agerinia †Agerinia smithorum †Agerinia marandati †Agerinia roselli †Europolemur †Europolemur koenigswaldi †Europolemur kelleri †Europolemur midiensis †Europolemur klatti †Nievesia †Nievesia sossisensis †Buxella †Buxella prisca †Buxella magna †Panobius †Panobius amplior †Panobius afridi †Panobius russelli †Anchomomynini †Pondaunginae †Notharctinae †Copelemur †Copelemur praetutus †Copelemur australotutus †Copelemur tutus †Notharctus †Notharctus robinsoni †Notharctus venticolus †Notharctus robustior †Notharctus tenebrosus †Rouzilemur †Rouzilemur pulcher †Smilodectes †Smilodectes gracilis †Smilodectes sororis †Smilodectes mcgrewi