Where: Brandenburg, Germany (51.6° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.9° N, 12.9° 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
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 23355: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Gerlinde Smith on 12.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Polypodiopsida | |
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Proserpinaca | |
Proserpinaca reticulata mermaidweed | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus cf. rigios pine | |
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Cunninghamia miocenica cypress
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Ludwigia cucullifera water-purslane | |
Symplocos lignitarum sweetleaf
Symplocos salzhausensis sweetleaf | |
Angiospermae | |
Ampelopsis tertiaria Lesquereux 1871 | |
Myrica ceriferiformis bayberry | |
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech | |
Paliurus favonii Unger 1847 buckthorn | |
Crataegus nodulosa hawthorn | |
Hypericum septestum St John's wort | |
Cleome rugosa spider flower | |
Magnolia ludwigii magnolia | |
Ceratophyllum lusaticum hornwort | |
Carex hartauensis, Carex mariisrodoniowii, Carex elongatoides, Carex klettvicensis, Carex pseudocyperoides, Carex klarae, Carex protogaea, Scirpus palibinii, Cladiocarya lusatica
Carex hartauensis sedge
Carex mariisrodoniowii sedge
Carex elongatoides sedge
Carex klettvicensis sedge
Carex pseudocyperoides sedge
Scirpus palibinii sedge
Cladiocarya lusatica sedge | |
Spirematospermum wetzleri Heer 1925 | |
Ranunculus marginalis buttercup
Ranunculus gailensis buttercup | |
Nyssa ornithobroma tupelo | |
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Cephalanthus pusillus coffee | |
Liquidambar europaea sweetgum | |
Itea europaea sweetspire | |
Eoeuryale germanica water lily | |
Sparganium nanum bur-reed | |
Potamogeton nochtensis pondweed
Potamogeton minimus pondweed
Potamogeton heinkei pondweed
Potamogeton wiesaensis pondweed | |
Alisma crassicarpum water-plantain | |
Aracistrobus | |