Klettwitz, Tagebau- Fundpunkt 12 (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 claystone and unlithified, yellow conglomerate

• Tonlinse 7 m ueber Oberfloezin gelben Kiesen

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 23618: 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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Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Proserpinaca
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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Chamaecyparis obtusa cypress
fossilis
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Cephalotaxus sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1842 yew
 Pinales - Sciadopityaceae
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Angiospermae
 Alismales - Alismaceae
Alisma crassicarpum water-plantain
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Poales - Xyridaceae
Xyris multicostata yellow-eyed grass
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
 Solanales - Solanaceae
 Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Asterales - Menyanthaceae
 Dipsacales - Adoxaceae
 Apiales - Araliaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Rosids - Moraceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Ampelopsis tertiaria Lesquereux 1871
 Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum tertiaerum St John's wort
Hypericum septestum St John's wort
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Ostrya szaferi hophornbeam
Carpinus betulus hornbeam
fossilis
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Brassicales - Cleomaceae
Cleome rugosa spider flower
 Sapindales - Simaroubaceae
Ailanthus confucii Unger 1850
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Theaceae
 Ericales - Primulaceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos sp. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf
 Myrtales - Onagraceae
Ludwigia palustris water-purslane
fossilis
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae