Klettwitz, Tagebau- Fundpunkt 8 (Flora A): Serravallian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Comarostaphylis globula seed/fruit
Punica antiquorum seed/fruit
Epipremnites reniculus seed/fruit
Dulichium marginatum seed/fruit
Teucrium tatjanae seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica ceriferiformis seed/fruit
Myrica suppanii seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus deucalionis seed/fruit Unger 1882
Castanopsis salinarum seed/fruit
Quercus sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus lusatica seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum tertiaerum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitaceae indet. seed/fruit Jussieu 1789
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Droseraceae
Aldrovanda praevesiculosa seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa ornithobroma seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Asterales - Menyanthaceae
Menyanthes carpatica seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Cephalanthus pusillus seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurocalyx sp. seed/fruit Reid and Chandler 1933
Angiospermae - Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum lusaticum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Palmoxylon sp. wood Schenk 1882
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia burseracea seed/fruit
Magnolia lusatica seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea szaferi seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Typhales - Sparganiaceae
Sparganium bessarabicum seed/fruit
Sparganium camenzianum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
Stratiotes kaltennordheimensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae
Microdiptera menzelii seed/fruit
Decodon sibiricus seed/fruit
Decodon gibbosus seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos germanica seed/fruit
Symplocos lignitarum seed/fruit
Symplocos tetraporina seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa seed/fruit Mai 1960
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium multi organs (Sternberg 1824)
original and current combination Phyllites dubius
Sequoia abietina multi organs
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:13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified lignite
Lithology description: Niederlausitzer Oberfloez, tiefere Teile ("Blaetterkohle") bis Zwischenmittel.
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:23609
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:G. Smith
Modifier:B. Tiffney Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-07-17 13:32:08 Last modified:2002-08-02 23:22:32
Access level:database members Released:2002-07-17 13:32:08
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]