Kodersdorf, Tongruben (Flora A): Langhian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Saururus bilobatus seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea szaferi seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton wiesaensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae
Decodon gibbosus seed/fruit
Microdiptera menzelii seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Araceae
Aracispermum canaliculatum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Spirematospermum wetzleri seed/fruit Heer 1925
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Rubus nanissimus seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. seed/fruit Miller 1754
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica ceriferiformis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis teutonica seed/fruit
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
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Saxen
Coordinates: 51.0° North, 14.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.3° North, 13.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Middle Tertiary - Middle Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Miocene - Middle Miocene
*International age/stage:Langhian - Langhian
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified lignite
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Grober Sand mit Pflanzenhaeckselund einem allochthonen Braunkohlenfloezchen in der Tongrube
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:23674
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:G. Smith
Modifier:B. Tiffney Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-07-18 14:15:11 Last modified:2002-08-02 23:05:29
Access level:database members Released:2002-07-18 14:15:11
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]