Hambach 14142: Tortonian - Messinian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Homalanthus costatus seed/fruit
Trigonobalanus exacantha seed/fruit
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia langsdorfi seed/fruit
Taxodium dubium seed/fruit (Sternberg 1824)
original and current combination Phyllites dubius
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis lusatica seed/fruit
Vitis teutonica seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Rutaceae
Toddalia rhenana seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Crossosomatales - Staphyleaceae
Staphylea bessarabica seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Ostrya scholzii seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica minima seed/fruit
Myrica suppanii seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae indet. seed/fruit Perleb 1818
Pterocarya limburgensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus decurrens seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Rosales - Pomaceae
Crataegus angusticarpa seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Zizyphus striata seed/fruit
original and current combination Ziziphus
Angiospermae - Typhales - Sparganiaceae
Sparganium haentzschelii seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa seed/fruit Mai 1960
Angiospermae - Ericales - Styracaceae
Halesia crassa seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos gothanii seed/fruit
Symplocos lignitarum seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurocarpum informal sp. 3 seed/fruit Reid and Chandler 1933
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar magniloculata seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa disseminata seed/fruit Kirchheimer 1937
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:North Rhine County:Westphalia
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 6.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.0° North, 5.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Middle - Late/Upper Tertiary - Middle - Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene
*International age/stage:Tortonian - Messinian
Key time interval:Tortonian - Messinian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local section:Indener Schichten
Regional section:Lower Rhine
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:"channel"
Geology comments: shallow, sand filled channel; allochthonous
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original carbon
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:28114
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:J. Fosdick, B. Tiffney
Modifier:B. Tiffney Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-01-23 16:53:53 Last modified:2003-05-29 15:55:12
Access level:database members Released:2003-01-23 16:53:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7653. J. Van Der Burgh. 1987. Miocene floras in the lower Rhenish basin and their ecological interpretation. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 52:299-366 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]