Fortuna 8295 (Miocene to of Germany)

Where: North Rhine, Germany (51.0° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° N, 5.8° 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: "channel"; unlithified sandstone

• allochthonous
• center of river channel

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 28046: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 21.01.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Punica
  -
Punica natans pomegranate
1790
Proserpinaca
  -
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia langsdorfi coast redwood
3579
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
97
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
11
Angiospermae
  -
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia burseracea magnolia
40
Magnolia lignita magnolia
10
Magnolia lusatica magnolia
11
  - Mastixiaceae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Brasenia victoria water lily
20
 Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum demersum Linnaeus 1753 hornwort
3
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Carex hostiana sedge
7
Carex sp. div. Linnaeus 1753 sedge
3
Scirpus lacustris Linnaeus 1753 sedge
2
 Cornales - Cornaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo
3
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex saxonica holly
1
 Asterales - Menyanthaceae
 Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae
Stellaria media Linnaeus 1753 carnation
1
 Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae
Chenopodium album Linnaeus 1753 goosefoot
7
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis lusatica grapevine
11
Vitis parasylvestris grapevine
8
Vitis teutonica grapevine
29
Tetrastigma lobata Chandler 1925
65
 Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum holyi St John's wort
2
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Sapium germanicum milktree
33
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus decurrens beech
17
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica minima bayberry
7500
Myrica suppanii bayberry
2
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Ostrya scholzii hophornbeam
27
Carpinus betulus hornbeam
5
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
6
 Rosales - Pomaceae
Sorbus aria rowan
1
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rubus laticostatus bramble
20
 Crossosomatales - Staphyleaceae
Staphylea bessarabica bladdernut
3
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Trapaceae
Trapa heerii water caltrop
1
 Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea
147
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Sphenotheca incurva Kirchheimer 1934 sweetleaf
17
Symplocos germanica sweetleaf
2
Symplocos gothanii sweetleaf
55
Symplocos lignitarum sweetleaf
4159
Symplocos minutula sweetleaf
20
Symplocos schereri sweetleaf
26
Epacridicarpum mudense Chandler 1960 sweetleaf
2
 Ericales - Ericaceae
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Halesia crassa silverbell
156
Styrax maximus storax
5
Angiospermae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae