Latdorf (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.8° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 8.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Latdorf Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Glibert. 1974. Quelques Turbinoliidae Cenozoiques des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, I: Genre Turbinolia Lamarck, 1816. Bulletin Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 50(1):1-27 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123060: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia attenuata Keferstein 1859 stony coral