Tongrube Wienerberger (Miocene of Germany)

Also known as Freetz

Where: Schleswig–Holstein, Germany (53.3° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 53.6° N, 8.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• Luneburgian, lower Langenfeldian; Smith & Mayer (2013) states this locality is Tortonian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Hampe and I. Ritsche. 2011. Bie Bartenwalfauna (Cetacea: Mysticeti: Balaenomorpha) aus dem Luneburgium (Serravallium, Mittelmiozan) von Freetz bei Sittensen (Niedersachsen, Deutschland). Zeistschrift fur Geologische Wissenschaften 39(2):83-110 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124766: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alcini indet. Storer 1960 auk
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
"Heterocetus sprangi" = Heterocetus sprangii
"Heterocetus sprangi" = Heterocetus sprangii Van Beneden 1886 whale
 Cetacea -
Diorocetus sp. Kellogg 1968 whale
Amphicetus sp. Van Beneden 1880 whale