Klettwitz, Tagebau- Fundstelle 1 (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Brandenburg, Germany (51.6° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 51.9° N, 12.6° 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

• Brauner Blaetterton unmittelbar ueber einer Erosionsdiskordanz ueber dem Spezialton

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 23055: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Gerlinde Smith on 08.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Proserpinaca
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Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Punica
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Punica antiquorum pomegranate
Stewartia
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Butomus
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Butomus hypericoides flowering rush
Teucrium
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Angiospermae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
 Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum tertiaerum St John's wort
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Theaceae
 Ericales - Primulaceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Halesia crassa silverbell
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Gaultheria rudireticulata wintergreen
Typus
 Myrtales - Melastomataceae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Myrtales - Trapaceae
Angiospermae
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Saxifragales - Iteaceae
Itea europaea sweetspire
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus Chinese swamp cypress
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Saururus
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Comarum palustre
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Comarum palustre Linnaeus 1753 marsh cinquefoil
fossilis