Where: North Rhine, Germany (50.8° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 5.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Indener Schichten Member, Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: J. Van Der Burgh. 1987. Miocene floras in the lower Rhenish basin and their ecological interpretation. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 52:299-366 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28055: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 22.01.2003

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