Altdobern 3/1961: Chattian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Angiospermae - Typhales - Sparganiaceae
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis teutonica seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus lusatica seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Zizyphus striata seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa seed/fruit Mai 1960
Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae
Decodon vectensis seed/fruit
Microdiptera parva seed/fruit Chandler 1957
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressospermum saxonicum seed/fruit Mai 1960
Taxodium dubium leaf (Sternberg 1824)
unclassified
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Brandenburg
Coordinates: 51.7° North, 14.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.8° North, 17.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Chattian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Chattian - Late/Upper Chattian
Key time interval: Chattian
Age range of interval: 27.3 - 23.04 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified carbonaceous claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original carbon
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,core,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:26748
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:J. Fosdick
Modifier:B. Tiffney Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-10-27 14:42:08 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:database members Released:2002-10-27 14:42:08
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

6836. D. H. Mai. 1997. Die oberoligozanen Floren am Nordrand der Sachsischen Lausitz. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 244(1-6):1-124 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Alroy]