Where: Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (48.1° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 8.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Freshwater Molasse Formation, Orleanian (20.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Early Middle Miocene; mammal unit MN 5

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, argillaceous marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Primary reference: G. Bechly and V. J. Sach. 2002. An interesting new fossil dragonfly (Anisoptera: Libellulidae: “Brachydiplacini”) from the Miocene of Germany, with a discussion on the phylogeny of Tetrathemistinae and a fossil list for the locality Heggbach. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 325:1-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106002: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.02.2011

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