Oberzella bei Bad Salzungen (Pliocene of Germany)

Also known as Oberzella bei Bad Salzungen (Bezirk Suhl)

Where: Thuringia, Germany (50.9° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified claystone and poorly lithified lignite

• Clay and Coal

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: 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 22782: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 25.06.2002, edited by Gerlinde Smith

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Alismales - Alismaceae
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae