Havighorst, near Hamburg (PIN collection) (Eocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (53.5° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 6.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Correlated with the well-known Mo-Clay (Fur Formation), so very close to the Paleocene/Eocene boundary in age.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, nodular claystone

• Nodules in gray clays associated with volcanic layers

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: N. M. Andersen. 1998. Water striders from the Paleogene of Denmark and review of fossil record and evolution of semi aquatic bugs (Hemiptera Gerromorpha). Biologiske Skrifter 50:1-157 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157316: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hemiptera - Gerridae
Palaeogerris sp.
Palaeogerris sp. Andersen 1998 water strider