Seifhennersdorf Polierschiefer (Oligocene to of Germany)

Where: Sachsen, Germany (50.9° N, 14.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 12.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian to Chattian (28.1 - 20.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified claystone

• fine, unindurated clay

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,

Primary reference: D. H. Mai. 1963. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Tertiarflora von Seifhennersdorf (Sachsen). Abhandlungen des Staatlichen Museums fuer Mineralogie und Geologie zu Dresden 13:39-114 [B. Tiffney/S. Pendleton/S. Pendleton]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26765: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Sara Pendleton on 30.10.2002, edited by Bruce Tiffney and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pteleaecarpum bronnii, Angiosperm indet.
Insecta
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Carabidae indet.
Carabidae indet. Latreille 1802 ground beetle
SMMG SaT 269
 Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Lamiinae indet.
Lamiinae indet. Latreille 1825 longhorned beetle
SMMG SaT 524
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Curculionidae indet.
Curculionidae indet. Latreille 1802 snout beetle
SMMG SaT 261, 515, 536, 542
 Coleoptera - Geotrupidae
Typhaeus sp.
Typhaeus sp. Leach 1815 earth-boring dung beetle
SMMG SaT 532
 Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Hydrobiomorpha enspelense
Hydrobiomorpha enspelense Wedmann 2000 water scavenger beetle
SMMG SaT 533
 Dicondylia -
Trichoptera indet.
Trichoptera indet. Kirby 1815 caddisfly
SMMG SaT 527 (larval case)
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Formicidae indet.
Formicidae indet. Latreille 1802 ant
SMMG SaT 539
 Hemiptera -
? Pentatomoidea indet.
? Pentatomoidea indet. Leach 1815 true bug
SMMG SaT 538
 Odonata - Gomphidae
? Ictinogomphus sp.
? Ictinogomphus sp. Cowley 1934 clubtail dragonfly
SMMG SaT 532
Cinnamomophyllum scheuchzeri
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Cinnamomophyllum scheuchzeri
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia langsdorfi, Taxodium dubium
Sequoia langsdorfi coast redwood
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus ornata
Angiospermae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton seifhennersdorfensis
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurophyllum acutimontanum
 Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum crenatum
Cercidiphyllum crenatum Brown 1935 katsura
 Saxifragales - Saxifragaceae
Hydrangea microcalyx
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa disseminata
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Brasenia victoria
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia dianae, Magnolia cf. denudataeformis
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis teutonica
Vitis teutonica grapevine
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus drymeja
Quercus drymeja Unger 1847 oak
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya cf. costata, Carya serraefolia, Cyclocarya cyclocarpa
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula dryadum, Betula aff. subpubescens, Carpinus cordataeformis, Carpinus cf. grandis, Alnus gracilis, Alnus phocaeensis, Alnus kefersteinii
Carpinus cf. grandis Unger 1845 hornbeam
Alnus kefersteinii Göppert 1837 alder
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica hallbaueri
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri, Celtis cf. begonioides, Ulmus braunii
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865 zelkova
Ulmus braunii Heer 1856 elm
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Prunus bilinica, Prunus langsdorfii
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer angustilobum, Acer dasycarpoides, Acer trilobatum
Acer trilobatum Sternberg 1825 maple
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Trapaceae
Trapa silesiaca
Trapa silesiaca water caltrop
Hellia
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Hellia salicornioides