Hambach 14142 (Miocene to of Germany)

Where: North Rhine, Germany (50.8° N, 6.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 5.7° 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

• shallow, sand filled channel; allochthonous

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 28114: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 23.01.2003, edited by Bruce Tiffney

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Sequoia langsdorfi coast redwood
Angiospermae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
 Rosales - Pomaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica minima bayberry
Myrica suppanii bayberry
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Ostrya scholzii hophornbeam
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Crossosomatales - Staphyleaceae
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis lusatica grapevine
Vitis teutonica grapevine
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurocarpum "sp. 3" Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar magniloculata Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
 Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Halesia crassa silverbell