Schaumberg-Hoof (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.3° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° N, 6.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: C. G. Diedrich. 2008. The food of the miosiren Anomotherium langenwieschei (Siegfried) - indirect proof of seaweed or seagrass by xenomorphic oyster fixation structures in the Upper Oligocene (Neogene) of the Doberg, Bunde (NW Germany) and comparisons to modern Dugong dugon (Muller) feeding strategies. Senckenbergiana Maritima 38(1):59-73 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98852: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Trichechidae
Anomotherium langewieschei Siegfried 1965 manatee