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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Epipremnites reniculus seed/fruit
Caldesia proventita seed/fruit
Swida gorbunovii seed/fruit
Dulichium marginatum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae
Microdiptera menzelii seed/fruit
Decodon globosus seed/fruit
Decodon gibbosus seed/fruit
Decodon sibiricus seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa seed/fruit Mai 1960
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Spondiaecarpum mettenii seed/fruit
original and current combination Spondiaecarpon
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum miocenicum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula longisquamosa seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa ornithobroma seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Cephalanthus pusillus seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Spirematospermum wetzleri seed/fruit Heer 1925
Angiospermae - Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum pannonicum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Brasenia victoria seed/fruit
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium multi organs (Sternberg 1824)
original and current combination Phyllites dubius
Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Salviniaceae
Azolla nana megaspore Dorofeev 1980
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 claystone
Lithology description: Niederlausitzer Oberfloez, obere vertonte Partien
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
Also known as:Fundpunkt 8
Database number:23610
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:G. Smith
Modifier:B. Tiffney Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-07-17 13:52:34 Last modified:2002-08-02 23:23:58
Access level:database members Released:2002-07-17 13:52:34
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]