Hambach 14429 (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 claystone

• clay in a river channel

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 28133: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 24.01.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Proserpinaca
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Angiospermae
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 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
96
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Carex hostiana sedge
1
Carex sp. div. Linnaeus 1753 sedge
11
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo
3
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex saxonica holly
13
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
176
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
215