Also known as Wafsmannsdorf, Germany

Where: Germany (52.5° N, 13.4° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: NP4 foram zone, Hückelhoven Formation, Danian to Danian (66.0 - 59.2 Ma)

• PJW: NP4 according to Rasser, Harzhauser, Anistratenko, Anistratenko, Bassi, Belak, Berger, Bianchini, Cicic, Cosovic, Kova, Drobne, Filipescu, Gürs, Hladilova, Hrvatovic, Jelen, Kasinski, C, Kralj, Marjanac, Marton, Mietto, Moro, Nagymarosy, Nebelsick, Nehyba, Ogorelec, Oszczypko, Pavelic, Pavlovec, Pavsic, Petrova, Piwocki, Poljak, Pugliese, Redzepovic, Rifelj, Roetzel, Skaberne, Sliva, Standke, Tunis, Vass, Wagreich & Wesselingh 2008.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. -J. Anderson. 1975. Die Fauna der palaeocaenen Hueckelhovener Schichten aus dem Schacht Sophia Jacoba 6 (Erkelenzer Horst, Niederrheinische Bucht). Teil 3: Scaphopoda, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda. Geologica et Palaeontologica 9:141-171 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3117: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 27.07.1999

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