Kranichfeld bei Weimar: Piacenzian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Stachys monieri seed/fruit
Boehmeria colchica seed/fruit
Boehmeria lithuanica seed/fruit
Chamaedaphne calyculata seed/fruit
Dichostylis pliocenica n. sp. seed/fruit
Elatine pseudoalsinastrum seed/fruit
Pentapanax tertiarius seed/fruit
Saururus bilobatus seed/fruit
Stephanandra minima seed/fruit
Viola palustris seed/fruit
Lycopus antiquus seed/fruit
Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Salviniaceae
Salvinia rhenana megaspore
Azolla tegeliensis megaspore
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix sp. leaf Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum hirsutum seed/fruit
Hypericum perforatum seed/fruit
Hypericum tetrapterum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Rosales - Urticaceae
Pilea cantalensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Potentilla pliocenica seed/fruit
Potentilla reptans seed/fruit
Rubus polevskoyanus seed/fruit
Rubus fruticosus seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula digitata seed/fruit
Alnus tambovica seed/fruit
Alnus sp. seed/fruit Miller 1754
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus sp. fertile axis Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Ampelopsis malvaeformis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Arales - Lemnaceae
Lemna trisulca seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Typhales - Sparganiaceae
Sparganium nanum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Trapaceae
Trapa sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae
Actinidia faveolata seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus sceleratoides seed/fruit
Ranunculus sceleratus seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa ornithobroma seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Apiales
Oenanthe lachenalii seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Asterales - Menyanthaceae
Menyanthes carpatica seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex thuringiaca seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Gentianales - Gentianaceae
Gentiana praeaptera n. sp. seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Poales - Typhaceae
Typha ovalis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperus fuscus seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Carex caespitosa seed/fruit
Carex elongataeformis seed/fruit
Carex flagellata seed/fruit
Carex gothanii n. sp. seed/fruit
Carex paucifloroides seed/fruit
Carex pilulifera seed/fruit
Carex riparia seed/fruit
Carex strigosoides seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Commelinales - Pontederiaceae
Monochoria striatella seed/fruit
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium seed/fruit, leaf (Sternberg 1824)
original and current combination Phyllites dubius
Cryptomeria rhenana leaf, plant debris
Sequoia abietina multi organs
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Picea abies multi organs
Picea omoricoides multi organs
Pinus palaeostrobus leaf
Pinus pseudostrobus seed/fruit
Pinus saturnii leaf
Pinus spinosa fertile axis
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
Cephalotaxus multiserialis leaf
nov. comb.
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Thuringia
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 11.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.9° North, 10.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary - Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Piacenzian - Early/Lower Piacenzian
Key time interval:Piacenzian
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified lignite
Secondary lithology: unlithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Brown Coal
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
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,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Kranichfeld bei Weimar (Bezirk Erfurt)
Database number:22780
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:B. Tiffney, G. Smith
Modifier:B. Tiffney Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-06-25 19:34:30 Last modified:2002-06-25 22:34:30
Access level:database members Released:2003-06-25 19:34:30
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]