Klettwitz, Tagebau- Fundpunkt 6 (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

• Rinnenfuellung einer fluviatilen Rinne, die den Spezialton etwa 3 m tief erodiert

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 23062: 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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Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Halesia crassa silverbell
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Pallioporia symplocoides Kirchheimer 1934 sweetleaf
Sphenotheca incurva Kirchheimer 1934 sweetleaf
 Ericales - Theaceae
Angiospermae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Paliurus favonii Unger 1847 buckthorn
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
"Palmae indet." = Arecaceae
"Palmae indet." = Arecaceae von Berchtold and Presl 1820 palm
not Calamus daemonorops
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus Chinese swamp cypress
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Mastixia
  - Mastixiaceae
Sargentodoxa
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