Also known as Strathaven

Where: Germany (47.9° N, 9.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 45.3° N, 10.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: ? Kalkofen Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• PJW: Heckeberg et al. (2010) note that the Kalkofen is the Miocene marine formation in this vicinity with marine mammal fossils. This would be Ottnangian, which is 'middle' Burdigalian.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. von Meyer. 1859. Teriaire Wirbelthiere von Haslach und Steinheim bei Ulm, Mitteilungen an Professor Bronn. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde. 172-177 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/J. Richter/J. Richter]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84945: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.11.2008

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