Diekholzen (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (52.1° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 6.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• late Oligocene

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous sandstone

Primary reference: J. Rust. 1995. Fossilfuhrung des Oberoligozans von Diekholzen bei Hildesheim. Terra Nostra 4-95:48-49 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 80556: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.04.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Gnathostomata
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Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Halitherium sp. Kaup 1838 dugong
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten (Hiberia) hofmanni, "Pecten (Hiberia) biffidus" = Pecten fumatus
"Pecten (Hiberia) biffidus" = Pecten fumatus Reeve 1852 scallop
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831