ammonites
Welschberg (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.8° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 4.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Alzey Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original calcite, original phosphate

Primary reference: T. Schindler, K. Nungesser, A. Mueller and K. I. Grimm. 2009. Die Alzey-Formation der klassichen Lokalitat Wlschberg bei Waldbockelheim (Rupelium, Oligozan, Mainzer Becken) - Ergebnisse neuer Grabungen. Jahresberichte un Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereines 91:37-87 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 95898: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.05.2010