Where: Thuringia, Germany (51.0° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° N, 9.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified claystone and unlithified lignite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression, coalified, original carbon
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,
Primary reference: D. H. Mai and H. Walther. 1988. Die pliozaenen Floren von Thueringen, Deutsche Demokratische Republik. Quartaerpalaeontologie 7:55-297 [B. Tiffney/J. Bean/J. Bean]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22771: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 25.06.2002, edited by Gerlinde Smith
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Lycopus europaeus | |
Lycopus europaeus Linnaeus 1753 gypsywort | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Salvinia miocenica watermoss | |
Sequoia abietina, Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus, Cunninghamia minisperma n. sp., Cunninghamia miocenica
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus Chinese swamp cypress
Cunninghamia minisperma n. sp. cypress
Cunninghamia miocenica cypress | |
Pinopsida | |
Tsuga moenana, Tsuga sp., Pseudolarix schmidtgenii, Abies sp., Picea abies, Picea omoricoides, Pinus cf. palaeostrobus, Pinus peuce, Pinus pseudostrobus, Pinus cf. saturnii
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir
Picea abies spruce
Picea omoricoides spruce
Pinus peuce pine
Pinus pseudostrobus pine
Pinus cf. saturnii pine | |
Angiospermae | |
Potamogeton bashkiricus pondweed | |
Ceratophyllum protanaiticum hornwort | |
Typha latifolia Linnaeus 1753 bulrush | |
Caricoidea globosa, Carex acuta, Carex binervis, Carex elongatoides, Carex pseudocyperus, Carex rostrata, Carex szaferi, Cladium palaeogiganteum n. sp.
Caricoidea globosa sedge
Carex acuta sedge
Carex binervis sedge
Carex elongatoides sedge
Carex pseudocyperus sedge
Carex rostrata sedge
Carex szaferi sedge
Cladium palaeogiganteum n. sp. sedge | |
Ranunculus marginalis n. sp.
Ranunculus marginalis n. sp. buttercup | |
Corylopsis urselensis witch-hazel | |
Viburnum hercynicum n. sp.
Viburnum hercynicum n. sp. honeysuckle | |
Aralia szaferi n. sp.
Aralia szaferi n. sp. spikenard | |
Ilex protogaea holly
Ilex thuringiaca holly | |
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo | |
Liriodendron geminata magnolia | |
Hypericum miocenicum St John's wort
Hypericum tertiaerum St John's wort | |
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar | |
Sapium sp. n. sp.
Sapium sp. n. sp. Browne 1756 milktree | |
Betula longisquamosa birch
Alnus tambovica alder | |
"Frangula alnus" = Rhamnus (Frangula)
"Frangula alnus" = Rhamnus (Frangula) buckthorn | |
Acer praecreticum n. sp. maple
Aesculus hippocastanum soapberry | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Rhododendron germanicum n. sp.
Rhododendron germanicum n. sp. rhododendron | |
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