Kausche, Grube Klara 2 (Flora B) (Miocene of Germany)

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

• Blaettertone, in kohlige Lagen uebergehen

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
  - Marsileaceae
Marsilea dorofeevii water clover
Typus
Proserpinaca
  -
Aracistrobus
  -
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Angiospermae
 Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
 Alismales - Alismaceae
Alisma crassicarpum water-plantain
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
 Commelinales - Pontederiaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
 Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus sceleratus Linnaeus 1753 buttercup
fossilis
 Saxifragales - Iteaceae
Itea europaea sweetspire
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex paralusatica holly
Typus
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Ampelopsis tertiaria Lesquereux 1871
 Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum septestum St John's wort
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Ostrya szaferi hophornbeam
Carpinus betulus hornbeam
fossilis
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Rosales - Pomaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Paliurus favonii Unger 1847 buckthorn
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Brassicales - Cleomaceae
Cleome rugosa spider flower
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
 Myrtales - Onagraceae
Ludwigia cucullifera water-purslane
Ludwigia palustris water-purslane
fossilis
 Myrtales - Trapaceae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae