Klettwitz, Tagebau- Fundpunkt 7/8 (Flora B): Serravallian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Epipremnites reniculus seed/fruit
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus hampeana fertile axis
Pinus hepios seed/fruit
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia abietina multi organs
Glyptostrobus europaeus seed/fruit (Brongniart 1833)
Taxodium dubium multi organs (Sternberg 1824)
Angiospermae - Cornales - Cornaceae
Eomastixia saxonica seed/fruit
Mastixicarpum limnophilum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa disseminata seed/fruit Kirchheimer 1937
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar europaea seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Tetrastigma chandleri seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica ceriferiformis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Mastixiaceae
Mastixia amygdalaeformis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ericales - Styracaceae
Styrax maximus seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos lignitarum seed/fruit
unclassified
Punica antiquorum seed/fruit
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Brandenburg
Coordinates: 51.6° North, 13.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.9° North, 12.6° 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:Early/Lower Serravallian - Early/Lower Serravallian
Key time interval: Serravallian
Age range of interval: 13.82 - 11.63 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,gray unlithified silty claystone
Secondary lithology:gray unlithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Liegendton des 1.Lausitzer Floezes (grauer Schluffreicher Ton; grauer Schluff; dunkelbrauner, kohliger Ton)
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original carbon
Size of fossils: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
Database number:23608
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:G. Smith
Modifier:B. Tiffney Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-07-17 13:18:47 Last modified:2003-07-15 18:24:28
Access level:database members Released:2002-07-17 13:18:47
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]