Also known as Weisselsterbecken

Where: Saxony, Germany (51.3° N, 12.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° N, 8.6° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• middle Oligocene

Environment/lithology: marine; phosphorite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. G. Fleagle, T. M. Bown, J. D. Obradovich and E. L. Simons. 1986. How old are the Fayum primates?. Primate Evolution 1-17 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 65173: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.09.2006

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