Gerstungen bei Eisenbach (Berzirk Erfurt): Zanclean - Piacenzian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Dulichium arundinaceum seed/fruit
Najas lanceolata seed/fruit
Najas marina seed/fruit
Naumburgia subthyrsiflora seed/fruit
Scheuchzeria palaeopalustris n. sp. multi organs
Stachys palustris seed/fruit
Stewartia beckerana seed/fruit
Lycopus europaeus seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Salviniaceae
Salvinia miocenica megaspore
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia abietina seed/fruit
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus seed/fruit
Cunninghamia minisperma n. sp. seed/fruit
Cunninghamia miocenica seed/fruit
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Tsuga moenana fertile axis
Tsuga sp. leaf Carrière 1855
sec. Tsuga
Pseudolarix schmidtgenii leaf
Abies sp. leaf Miller 1754
Picea abies multi organs
Picea omoricoides multi organs
Pinus cf. palaeostrobus leaf
Pinus peuce fertile axis
Pinus pseudostrobus fertile axis
Pinus cf. saturnii leaf
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton bashkiricus seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum protanaiticum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Poales - Typhaceae
Typha latifolia seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Caricoidea globosa seed/fruit
Carex acuta seed/fruit
Carex binervis seed/fruit
Carex elongatoides seed/fruit
Carex pseudocyperus seed/fruit
Carex rostrata seed/fruit
Carex szaferi seed/fruit
Cladium palaeogiganteum n. sp. seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus marginalis n. sp. seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Corylopsis urselensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum hercynicum n. sp. seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Apiales
Oenanthe lachenalii seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Apiales - Araliaceae
Aralia szaferi n. sp. seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex protogaea seed/fruit
Ilex thuringiaca seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa disseminata seed/fruit Kirchheimer 1937
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Liriodendron geminata seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum miocenicum seed/fruit
Hypericum tertiaerum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp. axis Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Sapium sp. n. sp. seed/fruit Browne 1756
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula longisquamosa seed/fruit
Alnus tambovica seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Frangula alnus seed/fruit
spelled with current rank as Rhamnus (Frangula)
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Rubus microspermus seed/fruit
Potentilla erecta seed/fruit
Prunus sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Crossosomatales - Stachyuraceae
Stachyurus merkaensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer praecreticum n. sp. seed/fruit
Aesculus hippocastanum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Rhododendron germanicum n. sp. seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae
Actinidia faveolata seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae
Microdiptera sibirica seed/fruit
nov. comb.
Decodon globosus seed/fruit
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Thuringia
Coordinates: 51.0° North, 10.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.1° North, 9.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary - Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper Pliocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pliocene
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Zanclian - Early/Lower Piacenzian
Key time interval:Zanclean - Piacenzian
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified claystone
Secondary lithology: unlithified lignite
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Browncoal and browncoal clays
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:pull-apart basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression,coalified,original carbon
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:22771
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:B. Tiffney, G. Smith
Modifier:B. Tiffney Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-06-25 11:10:23 Last modified:2003-04-18 15:25:52
Access level:database members Released:2002-06-25 11:10:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6556. D. H. Mai and H. Walther. 1988. Die pliozaenen Floren von Thueringen, Deutsche Demokratische Republik. Quartaerpalaeontologie 7:55-297 [B. Tiffney/J. Bean/J. Bean]