Where: Sachsen, Germany (51.4° N, 14.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 13.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; 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 27376: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 04.12.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush | |
Scirpus brevicornis sedge | |
Xyris lusatica yellow-eyed grass | |
Fagus sp. Linnaeus 1753 beech | |
Betula longisquamosa birch
Carpinus miocenica hornbeam | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Epacridicarpum pusillum sweetleaf | |
Angiospermae | |
Alisma ex gr. plantago Linnaeus 1753 water-plantain | |
Pinopsida | |
Tsuga sect. Hesperopeuce Carrière 1855
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir
Pinus hepios pine
Pinus palaeostrobus pine | |
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Selaginella pliocenica spikemoss |