Where: Hessen, Germany (50.1° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 49.5° N, 4.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• "Rupelian"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: salvage,

• HLMD collection

•"discovered during railway construction work for the Intercity Express train (ICE)"

Primary reference: G. Mayr. 2006. A rail (Aves, Rallidae) from the early Oligocene of Germany. Ardea 94(1):23-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84825: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 13.11.2008

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