Maasbree bore (Miocene of Netherlands)

Where: Netherlands (51.3° N, 6.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 48.8° N, 8.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: J. G. De Gruyter. 1944. Koralen van het Nederlandsche Tertiair [Corals from the Tertiary of the Netherlands]. Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen 14(1):10-39 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123950: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lunulariidae
 Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum tuberculatum Keferstein 1859 stony coral
Flabellum cristatum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral