Where: Germany (51.3° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° N, 3.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Grafenberg Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• Oligocene, Chattian B, Grafenberg Sand
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, glauconitic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: chemical, peroxide, sieve
• Repository: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden
Primary reference: A. Dulai and F. von der Hocht. 2020. Upper Oligocene brachiopods from NW Germany, with description of a new Platidiinae genus, Germanoplatidia n. gen. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 126:223-248 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 233318: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.02.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Discinisca fallens Wood 1874 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Germanoplatidia pusilla Philippi 1843 |