Neuwieder Becken/Maifeld 5 (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Rheinland Pfalz, Germany (50.4° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.1° N, 4.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Neuwieder Becken 5 Formation, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: paralic; unlithified claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: D. Kadolsky. 1975. Zur Palaeontologie und Biostratigraphie des TertiƤrs im Neuwieder Becken; I, Taxonomie und stratigraphische Bedeutung von Mollusken. Decheniana 128:113-137 [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37978: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 29.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
 Sorbeoconcha - Truncatellidae
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
 Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Cytheromorpha sp. Hirschmann 1909 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cyprididae
Eucypris sp. Vavra 1891 ostracod
Cypridopsis sp. Brady 1868 ostracod