Tetta, Gemeinde Vierkirchen (Miocene of Germany)

Where: sachsen, Germany (52.0° N, 14.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 13.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; carbonaceous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: surface (float), 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 27519: 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
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus kefersteinii Göppert 1837 alder
Ostrya szaferi hophornbeam
  - Mastixiaceae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Sphenotheca sp. Kirchheimer 1934 sweetleaf
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurocarpum sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus cf. neptuni Buzek et al. 1967 plane tree
 Proteales - Sabiaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
 Cornales - Cornaceae
 Apiales - Araliaceae
 Dipsacales - Adoxaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium spec. Richard 1810 cypress
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
 Pinales - Taxaceae