Septarienton, Bad Freienwalde (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Brandenburg, Germany (52.8° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 10.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Septarienton Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: prodelta; lithified claystone

• moderately shallow shelf below the fairweather wave base, possibly in the distal range of a delta, no turbulence

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Reich. 2002. Holothuriensklerite (Echinodermata) aus dem Oligozän (Rupelium) Norddeutschlands. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 224(1):97-113 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91096: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 04.09.2009, edited by Uta Merkel and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Astrophora sp.1
Holothuroidea
 Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae
Elgerius ostrea
Elgerius ostrea Deflandre-Rigaud 1959 sea cucumber
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.2
Testudinata indet.2 Oppel 1811 turtle
Hexactinellida
 Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae
Aphrocallistes sp.1
Aphrocallistes sp.1 Gray 1858 glass sponge
 Amphidiscophora - Hyalonematidae
Hyalonema sp.1
Hyalonema sp.1 Gray 1832 glass sponge
 Lyssacinosa - Rossellidae
Asconema oligocaena n. sp.1
Asconema oligocaena n. sp.1 Brückner et al. 2003 glass sponge
1Brückner et al. 2003; 2Karl 2007