Kausche, Grube Mariannensglueck (Flora A): Serravallian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Quasisequoia couttsiae seed/fruit
Tetraclinis brachyodon leaf
Epipremnites reniculus seed/fruit
Petrocarya paradisica seed/fruit
? Thouinidium europaeum leaf
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae
Microdiptera menzelii seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp. leaf Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Byttneriophyllum tiliaefolium leaf Braun 1965
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
? Rhus juglandogene leaf
? Rhus sagorina leaf
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer tricuspidatum leaf Braun 1845
synonym of Acer trilobatum
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Rubus sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Paliurus favonii seed/fruit Unger 1847
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus carpinoides leaf
Ulmus longifolia leaf
Zelkova zelkovifolia leaf
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix angusta leaf Braun 1851
Populus populina leaf
? Populus attenuata leaf
Populus balsamoides leaf Göppert 1855
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
? Cyclobalanopsis sp. leaf Oersted
spelled with current rank as Quercus (Cyclobalanopsis)
Castanea atavia leaf Unger 1850
Fagus menzelii leaf
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica lignitum leaf (Unger 1850)
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Carpinus grandis leaf Unger 1845
Alnus rotundata leaf
Betula subpubescens leaf
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Engelhardia macroptera seed/fruit
Carya serraefolia leaf
? Juglans cf. sieboldiana leaf
Angiospermae
Monocotyledonae indet. leaf ()
spelled with current rank as Monocotyledoneae
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
? Dryandroides sp. leaf Unger 1850
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa ornithobroma seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
? Viburnum opulifolium leaf
Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Spirematospermum wetzleri seed/fruit Heer 1925
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Daphnogene polymorpha leaf
? Laurus styracifolia leaf
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium multi organs (Sternberg 1824)
original and current combination Phyllites dubius
Glyptostrobus europaeus seed/fruit (Brongniart 1833)
original and current combination Taxodium europaeum
Sequoia abietina multi organs
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
Cephalotaxus sp. leaf Siebold and Zuccarini 1842
? Taxus grandis leaf
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus cf. rigios leaf
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Brandenburg
Coordinates: 51.6° North, 14.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.9° North, 12.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Middle Tertiary - Middle Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Miocene - Middle Miocene
*International age/stage:Middle Serravallian - Middle Serravallian
Key time interval:Serravallian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:blue unlithified claystone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified lignite
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Fetter, dunkelblauer Ton; Braunkohle
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,adpression,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,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Kauschegrube or Grube Clara 1
Database number:23045
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:G. Smith, B. Tiffney
Modifier:B. Tiffney Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-07-08 13:46:02 Last modified:2002-08-02 17:39:59
Access level:database members Released:2002-07-08 13:46:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6592. D. H. Mai. 2001. Die mittelmiozaenen und obermiozaenen Floren aus der Meuroer und Raunoer Folge in der Lausitz. III. Fundstellen und Palaeobiologie. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 258:1-85 [B. Tiffney/G. Smith/J. Alroy]