Platy Dolomite Mb Ca3-b Gelnhaar borehole Gelnhaar (Permian of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.4° N, 9.2° E: paleocoordinates 14.9° N, 21.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Platy Dolomite Ca3 Member (Leine Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; dolomite

• Platy dolomite - Original description: Ca3

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: H. H. Ecke. 1986. Palynologie des Zechsteins und Unteren Buntsandsteins im Germanischen Becken. Dissertation Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 1-117 [C. Looy/C. Looy/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26982: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Cindy Looy on 11.11.2002

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Taxonomic list

• approx. 250 specimens counted