Where: Nordrhein- Westfalen, Germany (51.1° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° N, 3.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grafenberg Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Molluscs were present, but not listed

Primary reference: M. Berndt and J. Welle. 1995. Ahermatype Korallen aus dem Oberoligozän der Schächte Rheinberg und Sophia Jacoba 8 (Niederrheinische Bucht) [Ahermatypic corals from Upper Oligocene of the Rheinberg and Sophia Jacoba 8 wells (Lower Rhine Embayment)]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 198(1/2):47-68 [W. Kiessling/S. Jankowski/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84306: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sophie Jankowski on 07.10.2008, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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