Klettwitz, Tagebau- Fundpunkt 8 (Flora A) (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 lignite

• Niederlausitzer Oberfloez, tiefere Teile ("Blaetterkohle") bis Zwischenmittel.

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 23609: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Gerlinde Smith on 17.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
 Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea
Angiospermae
 Caryophyllales - Droseraceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
 Asterales - Menyanthaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurocalyx sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel
 Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmoxylon sp. Schenk 1882 palm
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech
 Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum tertiaerum St John's wort
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea szaferi water lily
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae