Klettwitz, Tagebau- Fundpunkt 13 (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

• Geschwemmsellage 5 m unter der Unterbank des Oberfloezes

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 23652: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Gerlinde Smith on 18.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Leitneria
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Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Sphenotheca incurva Kirchheimer 1934 sweetleaf
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Halesia crassa silverbell
Angiospermae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Ampelopsis tertiaria Lesquereux 1871
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Paliurus favonii Unger 1847 buckthorn
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Rosales - Pomaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
"Spondiaecarpum mettenii" = Spondiaecarpon
"Spondiaecarpum mettenii" = Spondiaecarpon cashew
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurocarpum sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel
Sargentodoxa
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Mastixia
  - Mastixiaceae