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
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 | |
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Sequoia langsdorfi coast redwood | |
Angiospermae | |
Zizyphus striata buckthorn | |
Crataegus angusticarpa hawthorn | |
Myrica minima bayberry
Myrica suppanii bayberry | |
Ostrya scholzii hophornbeam | |
Juglandaceae indet. Perleb 1818
Pterocarya limburgensis wingnut | |
Fagus decurrens beech | |
Staphylea bessarabica bladdernut | |
Toddalia rhenana citrus | |
Vitis lusatica grapevine
Vitis teutonica grapevine | |
Sparganium haentzschelii bur-reed | |
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia | |
Laurocarpum "sp. 3" Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel | |
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo | |
Liquidambar magniloculata Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Symplocos gothanii sweetleaf
Symplocos lignitarum sweetleaf | |
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea | |
Halesia crassa silverbell |