Klettwitz, Tagebau- Fundstelle 2 (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 claystone and unlithified coal

• Blaettertonlinse, bankig, und Blaetterkohle, 5 m ueber 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 23056: 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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Leitneria
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Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
 Ericales - Vacciniaceae
 Ericales - Clethraceae
 Ericales - Primulaceae
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Halesia crassa silverbell
 Ericales - Theaceae
 Myrtales - Melastomataceae
 Myrtales - Onagraceae
Ludwigia cucullifera water-purslane
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Angiospermae
 Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurocarpum sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel
 Caryophyllales - Droseraceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
 Saxifragales - Iteaceae
Itea europaea sweetspire
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Hamamelis lusatica witch-hazel
Typus
 Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
 Commelinales - Pontederiaceae
 Poales - Xyridaceae
Xyris multicostata yellow-eyed grass
 Poales - Typhaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Zingiberales - Marantaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
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"Monocotyledonae indet." = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledonae indet." = Monocotyledoneae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Najadales - Vallisneriaceae
? Vallisneria sp. Linnaeus 1753 eelgrass
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Rosales - Pomaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Paliurus favonii Unger 1847 buckthorn
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum septestum St John's wort
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
 Brassicales - Cleomaceae
Cleome rugosa spider flower
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus Chinese swamp cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Sargentodoxa
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