Where: North Rhine Westphalia, Germany (50.8° N, 6.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 49.4° N, 7.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Indener Schichten Member, Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lignite

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: J. Van Der Burgh. 1987. Miocene floras in the lower Rhenish basin and their ecological interpretation. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 52:299-366 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28045: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 21.01.2003

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