Where: Saxen, Germany (51.4° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 12.9° 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; unlithified, brown claystone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: original carbon
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), 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 22897: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Gerlinde Smith on 01.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Dulichium vespiforme, Limosella spuria, Saururus bilobatus, Pyracantha acuticarpa, Lycopus antiquus, Tetraclinis brachyodon, Boehmeria lithuanica, Teucrium tatjanae, Urospathites dalgasii, Asarina ruboidea, Viola neogenica, Apium prograveolens, Swida gorbunovii, Lemnospermum pistiforme, Butomus hypericoides, Dulichium marginatum, Sabia europaea, Akebia parvisemina
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Lycopodiopsida | |
Selaginella pliocenica, Selaginella tertiaria, Selaginella lusatica, Selaginella kunovicensis, Selaginella germanica
Selaginella pliocenica spikemoss
Selaginella tertiaria spikemoss
Selaginella lusatica spikemoss
Selaginella kunovicensis spikemoss
Selaginella germanica spikemoss | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Angiospermae | |
Hypericum septestum St John's wort
Hypericum tertiaerum St John's wort | |
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar | |
Fagus decurrens beech
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech | |
Myrica ceriferiformis bayberry | |
Alnus lusatica alder
Carpinus miocenica hornbeam | |
Carya globosa hickory | |
Rhamnus depertitus buckthorn | |
Pilea cantalensis nettle | |
Vitis teutonica grapevine
Vitis lusatica grapevine | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Halesia crassa silverbell
Styrax maximus storax | |
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea | |
Symplocos salzhausensis sweetleaf
Symplocos germanica sweetleaf | |
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Angiospermae | |
Liriodendron geminata magnolia
Magnolia ludwigii magnolia | |
Physalis pliocenica nightshade | |
Cephalanthus pusillus coffee | |
Sambucus pulchella elder
Sambucus lucida elder | |
Parrotia reidiana ironwood | |
Ranunculus marginalis buttercup | |
Ceratophyllum lusaticum hornwort | |
Spirematospermum wetzleri Heer 1925 | |
Caricoidea jugata sedge
Carex elongatoides sedge
Carex klettvicensis sedge
Cladiocarya trebovensis sedge | |
Typha tambovica bulrush | |
Sparganium nanum bur-reed | |
Potamogeton minimus pondweed
Potamogeton kunovicensis pondweed | |
Alisma crassicarpum water-plantain | |
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus, Glyptostrobus europaeus, Taxodium dubium, Cunninghamia miocenica, Sequoia abietina
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus Chinese swamp cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Cunninghamia miocenica cypress
Sequoia abietina coast redwood | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus hepios pine |