Kapellen-Moers (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.4° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° N, 3.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grafenberg Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• Oligocene, Chattian B, Grafenberg Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F. von der Hocht

Collection methods: chemical, peroxide, sieve

• Repository: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (HNHM)

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 233321: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.02.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Platidiidae
Lingulata
 Discinida - Disciniidae