Where: Brandenburg, Germany (51.4° N, 14.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 13.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Serravallian to Serravallian (13.8 - 7.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, gray claystone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon
Collection methods: bulk, 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 27064: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 15.11.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Angiospermae "buds", Angiospermae indet., Carpolithus "sp. 1", Carpolithus "sp. 2", Carpolithus "sp. 3", Carpolithus "sp. 4", Carpolithus "sp. 5"
Carpolithus "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus "sp. 3" Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus "sp. 4" Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus "sp. 5" Linnaeus 1768 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Trapa sp. Linnaeus 1753 water caltrop | |
Angiospermae | |
Ceratophyllum lusaticum hornwort | |
Lindera paucinervis laurel | |
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly | |
Fraxinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 ash | |
Cephalanthus pusillus coffee | |
Typha latissima bulrush | |
Poaceae sp. Barnhart 1895 grass
Phragmites oeningensis common reed | |
Spirematospermum wetzleri Heer 1925 | |
"Monocotyledonae indet." = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledonae indet." = Monocotyledoneae | |
Lemna tertiaria duckweed | |
Sparganium bessarabicum bur-reed | |
Myrica ceriferiformis bayberry | |
Betulaceae ? indet. Gray 1822 birch
Betula macrophylla Göppert 1859 birch | |
Rubus laticostatus bramble
Rubus semirotundatus bramble | |
Banisteriaecarpum giganteum Goeppert 1852 | |
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar | |
Hypericum tertiaerum St John's wort
Hypericum septestum St John's wort | |
Byttneriophyllum tiliaefolium Braun 1965 | |
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus Chinese swamp cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Salvinia intermedia watermoss
Azolla sp. Lamarck 1783 |