Schwandorf, Tagebaue Oder II - OII-HZM/S (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (49.3° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.5° N, 10.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, gray, green, carbonaceous sandstone and unlithified, brown, gray, yellow, carbonaceous claystone

• Fossils are recovered from a small river system of the "Ur-Naab" drainage. This is incised into Triassic bedrock. The channels are a few 10's of meters deep and 1-2 km wide. Sediments vary rapidly, both laterally and vertically.
• Ugly. Yellow green sand-rich clays and grey-green sands and lignitic coal, the latter with grey partings.

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: H.-J. Gregor. 1978. Die Miozaenan Frucht-und Samen-Floren die Oberpfaelzer Braunkohle. I. Funde aus den sandigen zwischenmitteln. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 167(1-3):8-103 [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28280: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 03.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847 coast redwood
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Ter
Angiospermae
 Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
 Alismatales - Araceae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Corylus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hazel
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Carpinus "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam
Carpinus "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Malpighiales - Passifloraceae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Rosales - Cannabaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
"Frangula solitaria" = Rhamnus (Frangula), Paliurus sibirica
"Frangula solitaria" = Rhamnus (Frangula) buckthorn
 Rosales - Pomaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Crossosomatales - Staphyleaceae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Aesculus sp. Linnaeus 1753 soapberry
Sapindoidea margaritifera Ludwig 1936 soapberry
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Magnoliales - Myristicaceae
 Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Phoebe sp. Nees 1836 laurel
Cinnamomum spec. Schaeffer 1760 cinnamon
 Arecales - Arecaceae
Calamus daemonorops Unger 1860 rattan
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
 Apiales - Araliaceae
Aralia sp. Linnaeus 1753 spikenard
 Asterales - Menyanthaceae
Menyanthes trifoliata Linnaeus 1753 bogbean
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Proteales - Sabiaceae
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Parabaena europaea Czeczott and Skirgiello 1967
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Theaceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Angiospermae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Carpolithus
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Hellia
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Mastixia
  - Mastixiaceae