Where: North Rhein-Westfalia, Germany (51.8° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 5.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• base of the upper Reinbek-Dingdener stage

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: mechanical, peroxide, sieve,

• only Foraminiferida

Primary reference: G. Wienrich. 1997. Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 1 Foraminiferen, Anthozoen. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 1:1-187 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62948: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 02.08.2006

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