Volpriehausen, near Uslar (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.7° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.5° N, 6.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geowissenschaftliches Museum Göttingen

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 233325: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.02.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Aphelesia supraoligocaenica Görges 1952
Rhynchonella sp. in von Koenen, 1909