Gochfortzberg (Miocene of Germany)
Where: Westphalia, Germany (51.6° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.9° N, 5.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
• Specimen was found in a block of upper Miocene sands transported from its original place during the Saalian glacial period.
Primary reference: O. Hampe. 1996. Ein artikuliertes Bartenwalskelett aus dem Neogen (?Uedem-Schichten, Obermiozän) der Neiederrheinischen Bucht (NW-Deutschland) und seine systematische Stellung innerhalb der Mysticeti (Mammalia: Cetacea). Decheniana Beiheft 33:1-75 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 80236: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.04.2008
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