Groß Pampau gravel pit (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (53.5° N, 10.6° E: paleocoordinates 53.4° N, 7.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pampauer Gestein Member (Ratzeburg Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• So-called 'Pampauer Gestein' of the Ratzeburg Formation, dated as upper Oligocene (Neochattian C)

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; fine-grained, concretionary, sideritic sandstone

• Interpreted as sublittoral tempestites
• Allochthonous siderite-rich sandstone with sporadic fine-grained limonitic sandstone concretions.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort, Boxtel

Primary reference: R. H. B. Fraaije, B. W. M. van Bakel, J. W. M. Jagt and S. Polkowsky. 2012. A new Oligocene record of Szaboa (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Matutidae) from northern Germany. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 38:29-31 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133301: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 09.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Matutidae
Szaboa deppermanni n. sp.
Szaboa deppermanni n. sp. Fraaije et al. 2012 crab