ammonites
Spremberg bei Boxberg 37/1960 (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Sachsen, Germany (51.4° N, 14.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 11.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, sandy, carbonaceous claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: coalified, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, core, sieve,

Primary reference: D. H. Mai. 1997. Die oberoligozanen Floren am Nordrand der Sachsischen Lausitz. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 244(1-6):1-124 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24534: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 08.08.2002