Klettwitz, Tagebau- Fundpunkt 5 (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Brandenburg, Germany (51.6° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 12.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified claystone

• Fundlinse im auskeilenden 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 23060: 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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Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
 Brassicales - Cleomaceae
Cleome rugosa spider flower
 Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum tertiaerum St John's wort
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Paliurus favonii Unger 1847 buckthorn
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Rosales - Cannabaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Rosids - Moraceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Halesia crassa silverbell
 Ericales - Primulaceae
 Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Angiospermae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea szaferi water lily
Brasenia victoria water lily
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Saxifragales - Iteaceae
Itea europaea sweetspire
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus Chinese swamp cypress
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Leitneria
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 Life - Mastixiaceae