Damgaard 4 (Miocene to of Denmark)

Where: Jylland, Denmark (54.9° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 55.2° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Odderup Formation, Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified sandstone

• light cross-bedded sands

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: E. M. Friis. 1979. The Damgaard flora: A new Middle Miocene flora from Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 27:117-142 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28404: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 12.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hellia
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Angiospermae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Caryophyllales - Droseraceae
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Carpolithus sp. 1 Linnaeus 1768
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress