Where: North Rhein-Westfalia, Germany (51.8° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 5.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• base of the upper Reinbek-Dingdener stage
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: mechanical, peroxide, sieve,
• only Foraminiferida
Primary reference: G. Wienrich. 1997. Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 1 Foraminiferen, Anthozoen. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 1:1-187 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62948: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 02.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Nodosariata | |
Nodosaria longiscata, Dentalina "sp. 2", Lagena hexagona, Lagena globosa, Lagena striata, Lagena apiculata
Nodosaria longiscata d'Orbigny 1846
Dentalina "sp. 2" d'Orbigny 1826
Lagena hexagona Williamson 1848
Lagena globosa Montagu 1803
Lagena striata Williamson 1848
Lagena apiculata Reuss 1850 | |
Globulina gibba d'Orbigny 1832 | |
Foraminifera | |
Sphaeroidina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Martinottiella communis Huang et al. 2019 | |
Spiroplectammina carinata d'Orbigny 1846 | |
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Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798 | |
Bulimina elongata d'Orbigny 1846 | |
Globothalamea | |
Cibicides pseudoungerianus Cushman 1922 |