GERMANY
NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA
NORTHERN MARGIN OF THE RHENISH MASSIF
NEAR THE VILLAGE OF BALVE
KARST FISSURE FILL
BARREMIAN-APTIAN STAGE
LOWER GALLIC SUBEPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: AMPHIBIA LINNAEUS, 1758
SUBCLASS: LISSAMPHIBIA, HAECKEL, 1866?
ORDER: ALLOCAUDATA FOX & NAYLOR, 1982
Family: ALBANERPETONTIDAE Fox & Naylor, 1982
Gen. sp indet.
SUBORDER: SALAMANDROIDEA NOBLE, 1931
Incertae sedis
*Balveherpeton hoennetalensis
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: CHELONOMORPHA KUHN, 1960
SUPERCOHORT: TESTUDINES LINNAEUS, 1758
COHORT: CASICHELYDIA emend GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
MAGANORDER: CRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
ORDER: CRYPTODIRA COPE, 1868
Family: SOLEMYDIDAE Lapparent & Murelaga, 1997
Helochelydra?
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974
SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968
GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930
MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983
Incertae sedis
Gen. sp indet.
ORDER: MESOSUCHIA EMEND HUXLEY, 1875
PARVORDER: METASUCHIA BENTON & CLARK, 1988
INFRAORDER: METAMESOSUCHIA HULKE, 1878
NEOSUCHIA CLARK, IN BENTON & CLARK, 1988
Family: GONIOPHOLIDIDAE Cope, 1875
Gen. sp indet.
SUPERCOHORT: AVEMETATARSALIA BENTON, 1999
COHORT: PROLACERTIFORMES CAMP, 1945 NOVA
SUPERORDER: TAPINOPLATIA PETERS, 2000
GRANDORDER: CHARACIOPODA PETERS, 2000
MICRORDER: FENESTRASAURIA PETERS, 2000
ORDER: PTEROSAURIA KAUP, 1834
Incertae sedis
Gen. sp ndet.
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: THEROPODA EMEND MARSH, 1881
Incerate sedis
Gen. sp indet.
GRANDORDER: TETANURAE GAUTHIER, 1986
MICRORDER: COELUROSAURIA HUENE, 1914
Incertae sedis
Gen. sp indet.
ORDER: MANIRAPTORFORMES HOLTZ, 1996
AVETHEROPODA PAUL, 2002
SUBORDER: COELURIA MARSH, 1881
Superfamily: TYRANNOSAUROIDEA Osborn, 1906 (sensu Bonaparte et. al., 1990)
Incertae sedis
aff Eotyrannu
AVETHEROPODA PAUL, 2001
AVEPECTORA PAUL, 2001
SUBORDER: MANIRAPTORA GAUTHIER, 1986
INFRAORDER: PARVES SERENO, 1997
PARVORDER: DEINONYCHOSAURIA COLBERT & D. A. RUSSELL, 1969
Family: DROMAEOSAURIDAE Russell, 1969
Incertae sedis
Gen. sp indet.
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
MAGNORDER: ORNITHISCHIA SEELEY, 1888
SUPERORDER: NEORNITHISCHIA COOPER, 1985
GRANDORDER: ORNITHOPODA MARSH, 1871
MICRORDER: EUORNITHOPODA SERENO, 1986
ORDER: HYPSILOPHODONTIA COOPER, 1983
Family: HYPSILOPHODONTIDAE Dollo, 1882
Incertae sedis
Gen. sp indet.
ORDER: IGUANODONTIA DOLLO, 1888
SUBORDER: ANKYLOPOLLEXIA SERENO, 1986
PARVORDER: HADROSAURIFORMES SERENO, 1997
Superfamily: IGUANODONTIDEA Cope, 1869 (sensu Sereno, 1986)
Incertae sedis
Gen sp indet.
Family: IGUANODONTIDAE Cope, 1869
Iguanodon sp
SUPERORDER: EURYOPDA SERENO, 1986
GRANDORDER: ARMATOSAURIA ZHAO, 1983 (emend)
ORDER: ANKYLOSAURIA OSBORN, 1923
SUBORDER: SCELIDOSAURIA COOPER, 1985
INFRAORDER: ANKYLOSAURA OSBORN, 1923
Incertae sedis
Gen. sp indet.
CLASS: MAMMALIA LINNAEUS, 1758
SUBCLASS: THERIIFORMES (ROWE, 1988) McKENNA & BELL, 1997
INFRACLASS: ALLOTHERIA (MARSH, 1880) McKENNA & BELL, 1997
ORDER: MULTITUBERCULATA COPE, 1884
Incertae sedis
Gen. sp indet.
INFRACLASS: HOLOTHERIA (WIBEL, ROUGIER, NOVACEK, MCKENNA & DASHZEVEG, 1995) MCKENNA & BELL, 1997
SUPERLEGION: SYMMETRODONTA (SIMPSON, 1925) McKENNA & BELL, 1997
LEGION: SYMMETRODONTA SIMPSON, 1925
Incertae sedis
Gen. sp indet.
INFRACLASS: TRECHNOTHERIA McKENNA, 1975
LEGION: CLADOTHERIA McKENNA, 1975
SUBLEGION: DRYOLESTOIDEA BUTLER, 1939
ORDER: DRYOLESTOIDA PROTHERO, 1981
Incertae sedis
Gen. sp indet.
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GERMANY
NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA
NORTHERN MARGIN OF THE RHENISH MASSIF
NEAR THE VILLAGE OF BALVE
BALVE II LOCALITY
KARST FISSURE FILL
BARREMIAN-APTIAN STAGE
LOWER GALLIC SUBEPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
GRANDORDER: BRONTOSAURIA OLSHEVSKY, 1991 (emend)
MICRORDER: SAUROPODA MARSH, 1878
ORDER: EUSAUROPODA
Incertae sedis
Gen. sp indet.
SUBORDER: NEOSAUROPODA BONAPARTE, 1986
INFRAORDER: MACRONARIA WILSON & SERENO, 1998
PARVORDER: TITANOSAURIFORMES SALGADO ET AL, 1997
Incertae sedis
Ornithopsis? sp
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GERMANY
NORTHRHINE-WESTPHALIA STATE
BALVE-BECKUM
BUSCHE QUARRY
FISSURE FILLING
BARREMIAN-APTIAN STAGE
EARLY GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: MAMMALIA LINNAEUS, 1758
SUBCLASS: PROTOTHERIA GILL, 1872
INFRACLASS: TRECHNOTHERIA McKENNA, 1975
LEGION: CLADOTHERIA McKENNA, 1975
SUBLEGION: DRYOLESTOIDEA BUTLER, 1939
ORDER: DRYOLESTOIDA PROTHERO, 1981
Family: DRYOLESTIDAE Marsh, 1879
*Beckumia sinemeckelia
*Minutolestes submersus
INFRACLASS: HOLOTHERIA (WIBEL, ROUGIER, NOVACEK, MCKENNA & DASHZEVEG, 1995) MCKENNA & BELL, 1997
SUPERLEGION: SYMMETRODONTA (SIMPSON, 1925) McKENNA & BELL, 1997
LEGION: SYMMETRODONTA SIMPSON, 1925
ORDER: SPALACOTHERIIDA PROTHERO, 1981
Family: SPALACOTHERIIDAE Marsh, 1887
*Cifellitherium suderlandicum
SUBCLASS: THERIIFORMES (ROWE, 1988) McKENNA & BELL, 1997
INFRACLASS: ALLOTHERIA (MARSH, 1880) McKENNA & BELL, 1997
ORDER: MULTITUBERCULATA COPE, 1884
SUBORDER: PLAGIAULACOIDEA (SIMPSON, 1925) HAHN, 1969
Family: PLAGIAULACIDAE Gill, 1872
Subfamily: EOBAATARIDAE Keilan-Jaworowska, Dashzeveg & Trofimov, 1987
*Cheruscodon balvensis
SUPERLEGION: THERIA PARKER & HASWELL, 1897
STEM THERIA
Inceratae sedis
*Spelaeomolitor speratus
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