Where: North Rhine, Germany (51.0° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 6.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; unlithified sandstone and unlithified claystone

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 28198: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 28.01.2003

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