Where: Brandenburg, Germany (51.7° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 12.5° 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 claystone and unlithified sandstone
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 22899: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Gerlinde Smith on 01.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Stewartia | |
Butomus | |
Butomus hypericoides flowering rush | |
Cunninghamia miocenica, Taiwania schaeferi, Taxodium dubium, Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus, Thuja thuringiaca, Chamaecyparis obtusa
Cunninghamia miocenica cypress
Taiwania schaeferi cypress
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus Chinese swamp cypress
Thuja thuringiaca cypress | |
Pinopsida | |
Tsuga sp. Carrière 1855
Abies resinosa fir
Pinus hepios pine
Pinus hampeana pine
Pinus pseudostrobus pine | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Halesia crassa silverbell
Styrax maximus storax | |
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea | |
Symplocos lignitarum sweetleaf
Symplocos salzhausensis sweetleaf | |
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Angiospermae | |
Sparganium nanum bur-reed | |
Cephalanthus pusillus coffee | |
Aralia tertiaria spikenard | |
Ilex paralusatica holly | |
Sambucus lucida elder | |
Nyssa ornithobroma tupelo | |
Liquidambar europaea sweetgum | |
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush | |
Carex pseudocyperoides sedge | |
Spirematospermum wetzleri Heer 1925 | |
Magnolia lusatica magnolia
Liriodendron geminata magnolia | |
Crataegus nodulosa hawthorn | |
Paliurus favonii Unger 1847 buckthorn | |
Myrica ceriferiformis bayberry | |
Betula longisquamosa birch
Ostrya szaferi hophornbeam
Carpinus miocenica hornbeam
Alnus kefersteinii Göppert 1837 alder | |
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Fagus decurrens beech
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech | |
Hypericum tertiaerum St John's wort | |
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Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar | |
Cleome rugosa spider flower | |
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Ailanthus confucii Unger 1850 | |
Proserpinaca | |
Proserpinaca reticulata mermaidweed | |
Viola | |
Viola minutissima violet
Viola neogenica violet | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Salvinia cerebrata watermoss | |
Lycopodiopsida | |