Klettwitz, Tagebau- Fundpunkt 4 (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

• Tonlinse etwa 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 23059: 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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Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Myrtales - Melastomataceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Sphenotheca incurva Kirchheimer 1934 sweetleaf
 Ericales - Vacciniaceae
 Ericales - Theaceae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
 Ericales - Primulaceae
Angiospermae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Ampelopsis tertiaria Lesquereux 1871
 Brassicales - Cleomaceae
Cleome rugosa spider flower
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
 Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum septestum St John's wort
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Saxifragales - Iteaceae
Itea europaea sweetspire
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex lotschii holly
Typus
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 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 - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae