Schipkau (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Brandenburg, Germany (51.5° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 12.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; brown, gray, yellow, carbonaceous claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: D. H. Mai. 2001. Die mittelmiozaenen und obermiozaenen Floren aus der Meuroer und Raunoer Folge in der Lausitz. III. Fundstellen und Palaeobiologie. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 258:1-85 [B. Tiffney/G. Smith/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27512: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 09.12.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis sp. Linnaeus 1753 grapevine
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
"Acer tricuspidatum" = Acer trilobatum Sternberg 1825 maple
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
Populus latior Braun 1835 poplar
Salix varians Göppert 1852 willow
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
 Rosales - Pomaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech
Quercus pseudocastanea Göppert 1853 oak
Quercus cf. valdensis Heer 1856 oak
Castanea atavia Unger 1850 chestnut
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus kefersteinii Göppert 1837 alder
Carpinus grandis Unger 1845 hornbeam
Betula prisca Ettingshausen 1851 birch
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Cladrastis cf. sp. Rafinesque 1824 yellowwood
  -
Carpolithus sp. Linnaeus 1768
 Poales - Poaceae
Poacites sp. Brongniart 1822 grass
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Benzoin antiquum Heer 1855 laurel
 Proteales - Platanaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
 Apiales - Araliaceae
Aralia weissii spikenard
Aralia zaddachii spikenard
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
 Pinales - Sciadopityaceae