Ahnetal outcrop 4 (Oligocene of Germany)

Also known as Ahnatal

Where: Hessen, Germany (51.3° N, 9.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° N, 6.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kasseler Meeressand Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

• "circalittorale" and no deeper than 200 m based on bryozoan paleoecology
• "sables marins"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: collection is split between Lyon and Göttingen

Primary reference: L. David and S. Pouyet. 1968. Les bryozoaires cheilostomes du Chattien de la région de Kassel (Hesse, Allemagne). Geobios 1:81-102 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90526: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 04.08.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Steginoporellidae
Steginoporella elegans
 Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Lunulites subplena
 Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Cellaria fistulosa
Cellaria fistulosa Linnaeus 1758