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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Anomotherium langewieschei Siegfried 1965 manatee |