Where: North Rhine, Germany (50.9° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 6.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: J. Van Der Burgh. 1983. Allochthonous seed and fruit floras from the Pliocene of the Lower Rhine Basin. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 40:33-90 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28171: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 27.01.2003

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