Where: Sperrgebiet, Namibia (27.6° S, 15.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.5° S, 7.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Buntfeldschuch Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green, argillaceous sandstone and conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: No microfossils found. Only fish teeth and burrows have been found here.

Primary reference: W. G. Siesser and D. Salmon. 1979. Eocene marine sediments in the Sperrgebiet, South West Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 79(2):9-34 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 149315: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2013

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