Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.3° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 7.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• On the border between Middle Eocene and Upper Eocene; the layer "oberes Hauptmittel" lies between "obere Mittelkohle" (upper Middlecoal) and "untere Oberkohle" (lower Uppercoal)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: J. L. Franzen and H. Haubold. 1986. Revision der Equoidea aus den eozänen Braunkohlen des Geiseltales bei Halle (DDR). (Revision of Equoidea from the Eocene lignite of the Geiseltal, Halle (DDR)). Palaeovertebrata, Montpellier 16(1):1-34 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Hellert]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45521: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 29.10.2004

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