Meurostollen: Serravallian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Epipremnites reniculus seed/fruit
Swida gorbunovii seed/fruit
Saururus bilobatus seed/fruit
Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Salviniaceae
Salvinia intermedia megaspore
Angiospermae - Commelinales - Pontederiaceae
Monochoria striatella seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Spirematospermum wetzleri seed/fruit Heer 1925
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Caricoidea jugata seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum lusaticum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonum leporimontanum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa ornithobroma seed/fruit
Nyssa disseminata seed/fruit Kirchheimer 1937
Angiospermae - Proteales - Sabiaceae
Meliosma wetteraviensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnoliaespermum geinitzii seed/fruit
Liriodendron geminata seed/fruit
Magnolia ludwigii seed/fruit
Magnolia burseracea seed/fruit
Magnolia lusatica seed/fruit
Magnolia ultima seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Rubus laticostatus seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Paliurus favonii seed/fruit Unger 1847
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Pterocarya limburgensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Sapium germanicum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Ampelopsis tertiaria seed/fruit Lesquereux 1871
Tetrastigma chandleri seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Moraceae
Ficus potentilloides seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae
Microdiptera cf. menzelii seed/fruit
Decodon gibbosus seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ericales - Primulaceae
Lysimachia angulata seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton minimus seed/fruit
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia abietina seed/fruit
Taxodium dubium seed/fruit (Sternberg 1824)
original and current combination Phyllites dubius
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus seed/fruit
Glyptostrobus europaeus seed/fruit (Brongniart 1833)
original and current combination Taxodium europaeum
unclassified
Sargentodoxa lusatica seed/fruit
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Brandenburg
Coordinates: 51.6° North, 13.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.9° North, 12.7° 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 silty,sandy claystone
Secondary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,original carbon
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,some microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:27011
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:J. Fosdick
Modifier:B. Tiffney Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-11-12 10:02:29 Last modified:2003-07-17 18:12:13
Access level:database members Released:2002-11-12 10:02:29
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]