Oderberg-Bralitz gravel pit (Eocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.8° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 10.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Erratic boulder in glacial deposits

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, diatomaceous, brown, gray claystone

• Cementstone of "Greifswalder Oie" type

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by A. Stark in 1980

Collection methods: surface (float),

• Repository: Collection of J. Ansorge (Greifswald)

Primary reference: J. Ansorge. 1997. Insekten in Geschieben - Überblick über den Kenntnisstand und Beschreibung von Neufunden. Berliner Beiträge zur Geschiebeforschung 113-126 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151359: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera -
Fulgoroidea indet. Latreille 1807 planthopper
GIA 3