Plessa: Langhian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Saururus bilobatus seed/fruit
Epipremnites reniculus seed/fruit
Laportea europaea seed/fruit
Viscum miquelii seed/fruit
Teucrium tatjanae seed/fruit
Cicuta lusatica n. sp. seed/fruit
Cynanchum heerii seed/fruit
Proserpinaca pedunculata seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae
Microdiptera menzelii seed/fruit
Decodon gibbosus seed/fruit
Decodon globosus seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Onagraceae
Ludwigia krauselii seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ericales - Primulaceae
Lysimachia angulata seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Spondiaecarpum mettenii seed/fruit
original and current combination Spondiaecarpon
Angiospermae - Rosales - Urticaceae
Urtica tertiaria seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Paliurus favonii seed/fruit Unger 1847
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum miocenicum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus lusatica seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Engelhardia macroptera seed/fruit
Pterocarya limburgensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
Stratiotes kaltennordheimensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Typhales - Sparganiaceae
Sparganium nanum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar europaea seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum helveticum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa ornithobroma seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Cladiocarya europaea seed/fruit
Carex hartauensis seed/fruit
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium seed/fruit (Sternberg 1824)
original and current combination Phyllites dubius
Glyptostrobus europaeus seed/fruit (Brongniart 1833)
original and current combination Taxodium europaeum
Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Salviniaceae
Salvinia cerebrata megaspore
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Brandenburg
Coordinates: 51.5° North, 13.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.8° North, 12.2° 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
*Local 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: claystone
Secondary lithology: lignite
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,original carbon
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:27378
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:J. Fosdick
Modifier:J. Fosdick Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-12-04 16:22:09 Last modified:2002-12-04 18:22:22
Access level:database members Released:2003-12-04 16:22:09
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]