Where: Netherlands (51.3° N, 6.1° E: paleocoordinates 51.5° N, 5.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• 27-45 m
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; glauconitic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: J. G. De Gruyter. 1944. Koralen van het Nederlandsche Tertiair [Corals from the Tertiary of the Netherlands]. Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen 14(1):10-39 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123970: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Caryophyllia crassicosta, "Caryophyllia granulata" = Ceratocyathus granulatus
Caryophyllia crassicosta Keferstein 1859 stony coral
"Caryophyllia granulata" = Ceratocyathus granulatus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral |