Where: North Rhine, Germany (50.8° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 5.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; unlithified sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: original carbon
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: J. Van Der Burgh. 1987. Miocene floras in the lower Rhenish basin and their ecological interpretation. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 52:299-366 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27930: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 17.01.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cladium reidiorum, Scirpus melanospermus, Scirpus lacustris, Cladiocarya trebovensis, Carex acutiformis, Carex hostiana, Carex sp., Caricoidea jugata
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Cupressoconus | |
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Pinopsida | |
Proserpinaca | |
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