Klettwitz- Nord, Tagebau (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 siltstone

• Sande mit eingelagerten Ton- und Schluffbaenkchen und Linsen

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 23661: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Gerlinde Smith on 18.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Punica antiquorum, Scindapsites crassus, Comarostaphylis globula, Swida gorbunovii, Urospathites dalgasii
Leitneria
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Leitneria venosa
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Microdiptera menzelii, Decodon globosus
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Styrax sp., Halesia crassa
Styrax sp. Linnaeus 1753 storax
Halesia crassa silverbell
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Pallioporia cf. symplocoides, Symplocos lignitarum, Symplocos wiesaensis, Symplocos salzhausensis, Sphenotheca incurva
Pallioporia cf. symplocoides Kirchheimer 1934 sweetleaf
Sphenotheca incurva Kirchheimer 1934 sweetleaf
 Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea
Angiospermae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis teutonica, Tetrastigma chandleri
Vitis teutonica grapevine
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
"Spondiaecarpum mettenii" = Spondiaecarpon
"Spondiaecarpum mettenii" = Spondiaecarpon cashew
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rubus sp., Cotoneaster sp.
Rubus sp. Linnaeus 1753 bramble
Cotoneaster sp. Medikus 1789 rose
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Paliurus favonii
Paliurus favonii Unger 1847 buckthorn
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Sapium germanicum
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp., Castanopsis sp., Fagus sp.
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
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Castanopsis sp. Spach 1842 chinquapin
Fagus sp. Linnaeus 1753 beech
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica ceriferifromis
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Carpinus miocenica
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Pterocarya pteleaefolia, Cyclocarya cyclocarpa, Carya sp.
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
?angulata
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia sp.
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia
 Typhales - Commelinidae
Sparganium cf. minimum
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Hamamelidaceae indet., Liquidambar europaeus
Hamamelidaceae indet. Brown 1818 witch-hazel
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Eomastixia saxonica
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cladiocarya sp., Caricoidea jugata, Carex limosioides
Cladiocarya sp. Reid and Chandler 1926 sedge
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Spirematospermum wetzleri
 Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum pannonicum
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Brasenia victoria
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium, Glyptostrobus europaeus, Sequoia abietina
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus hampeana, Pinus sp.
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Mastixia
  - Mastixiaceae
Mastixia sp.
Mastixia sp. von Blume 1826
Sargentodoxa
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Sargentodoxa lusatica