Broethen, Tongrube Forst Neukollm (Miocene of Germany)

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

• Schmutzigbraune Tone 1m ueber Oberfoelz

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
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Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum septestum St John's wort
Hypericum tertiaerum St John's wort
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Rosales - Urticaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis teutonica grapevine
Vitis lusatica grapevine
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Halesia crassa silverbell
 Ericales - Theaceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
 Myrtales - Melastomataceae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Myrtales - Onagraceae
Ludwigia palustris water-purslane
fossilis
Angiospermae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Solanales - Solanaceae
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
 Dipsacales - Adoxaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
 Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
 Commelinales - Pontederiaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Poales - Typhaceae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
 Alismales - Alismaceae
Alisma crassicarpum water-plantain
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus Chinese swamp cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Tsuga sp. Carrière 1855
sect. Tsuga