Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.8° N, 12.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 9.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• Age determination of sequence based mainly on otoliths and biostratigraphy of underlying Rupelian part of section based on foraminifera
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H.-V. Karl, E. Groning, and C. Brauckmann. 2006. New carettochelyine turtle occurrence from the Oligocene in Germany and its palaeozoogeographic importance. Clausthaler Geowissenschaften 5:51-57 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 167940: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 09.04.2015, edited by Philip Mannion
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