PBDB Collection

Fortuna - Garsdorf 7534: Zanclean, Germany

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Fatsia japonica seed/fruit
	29

	Pulmonaria mollissima seed/fruit
	1

	Oxydendrum europaeum seed/fruit
	30

	Ajuga antiqua seed/fruit
	2

	Pyracantha acuticarpa seed/fruit
	17

	Stewartia beckerana seed/fruit
	139

	Viola palustris seed/fruit
	6

	Dulichium spathaceum seed/fruit
	5

	Dulichium vespiforme seed/fruit
	4

	Eriophorum angustifolium seed/fruit
	1
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Rutaceae

	Toddalia rhenana seed/fruit
	1
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae

	Acer monspessulanum seed/fruit
	9

	Aesculus spinosissima seed/fruit
	1
Angiospermae - Malvales - Thymelaeaceae

	Daphne mezereum seed/fruit
	3
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae

	Cyclocarya crassa seed/fruit
	3

	Cyclocarya nucifera seed/fruit
	25

	Pterocarya limburgensis seed/fruit
	1
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae

	Myrica sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
	3

	Comptonia costata seed/fruit
	1
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae

	Fagus decurrens seed/fruit
	370

	Castanea sativa seed/fruit Miller 1786
	4

	Quercus robur seed/fruit
	55

	Quercus trojana seed/fruit
	10
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae

	Betula sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
	2

	Alnus kefersteinii seed/fruit (Göppert 1837)
	3

	Corylus avellana seed/fruit
	2

	Carpinus betulus seed/fruit
	41

	Ostrya carpinifolia seed/fruit
	226
Angiospermae - Rosales - Pomaceae

	Crataegus jonkeri seed/fruit
	34

	Crataegus nodulosa seed/fruit
	12

	Crataegus sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
	13

	Sorbus aria seed/fruit
	9

	Sorbus aucuparia seed/fruit
	27
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae

	Cotoneaster sp. seed/fruit Medikus 1789
	2

	Rosa sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
	27

	Spiraea sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
	1

	Rubus laticostatus seed/fruit
	7
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae

	Vitis teutonica seed/fruit
	8
Angiospermae - Proteales - Nelumbonaceae

	Nelumbo sp. seed/fruit Adanson 1763
	13
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae

	Rumex thyrsiflorus seed/fruit
	1
Angiospermae - Cornales - Cornaceae

	Cornus controversa seed/fruit
	4

	Cornus mas seed/fruit
	8

	Cornus sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
	5

	Cornus stolonifera seed/fruit
	1
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae

	Nyssa disseminata seed/fruit Kirchheimer 1937
	16
Angiospermae - Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae

	Ilex ahrensii seed/fruit
	3

	Ilex brachyptera seed/fruit
	2

	Ilex fortunensis seed/fruit
	51

	Ilex jonkeri seed/fruit
	76
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Haloragaceae

	Myriophyllum sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
	1
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Grossulariaceae

	Ribes uva-crispa seed/fruit
	2
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae

	Corylopsis spicata seed/fruit
	3

	Corylopsis urselensis seed/fruit
	4

	Liquidambar magniloculata seed/fruit
	13
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae

	Persea sp. seed/fruit Gaertner 1805
	1
Angiospermae - Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae

	Ceratophyllum demersum seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
	4
Angiospermae - Araceae

	Epipremnum jugatum seed/fruit
	4

	Aracispermum jugatum seed/fruit
	?
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae

	Cladium reidiorum seed/fruit
	20

	Scirpus pliocenicus seed/fruit
	1

	Scirpus cespitosus seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
	4

	Carex flagellata seed/fruit
	6

	Carex goodenowii seed/fruit
	6

	Carex lasiocarpa seed/fruit
	1

	Carex ligerica seed/fruit
	1

	Carex pallescens seed/fruit
	4

	Carex rostrata seed/fruit
	1
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae

	Magnolia cor seed/fruit
	28

	Illicium weylandii seed/fruit
	1

	Liriodendron geminatum seed/fruit
	6
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae

	Brasenia victoria seed/fruit
	9
Angiospermae - Typhales - Sparganiaceae

	Sparganium microcarpum seed/fruit
	10

	Sparganium moduliferum seed/fruit
	1

	Sparganium minimum seed/fruit
	5
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae

	Stratiotes tuberculatus seed/fruit
	13
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae

	Potamogeton obtusifolius seed/fruit
	6

	Potamogeton pusillus seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
	1

	Potamogeton natans seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
	1
Angiospermae - Ericales - Styracaceae

	Styrax maximus seed/fruit
	131

	Halesia crassa seed/fruit
	52
Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae

	Symplocos lignitarum seed/fruit
	205

	Symplocos pliocenicum seed/fruit
	334

	Symplocos salzhausenensis seed/fruit
	5

	Symplocos schereri seed/fruit
	8

	Symplocos sp. seed/fruit Jacquin 1760
	336

	Sphenotheca incurva seed/fruit Kirchheimer 1934
	?
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae

	Eurya stigmosa seed/fruit Mai 1960
	6
Angiospermae - Ericales - Ericaceae

	Gaylussacia rhenana seed/fruit
	7

	Arctostaphyloides menzelii seed/fruit
	83

	Arctostaphyloides sp. seed/fruit Kirchheimer 1936
	1

	Calluna vulgaris seed/fruit
	3

	Leucothoe narbonnensis seed/fruit
	1

	Leucothoe sp. seed/fruit Don 1834
	4
Coniferales - Cupressaceae

	Chamaecyparis sp. seed/fruit Spach 1841
	1662

	Taxodium dubium seed/fruit (Sternberg 1824)
	original and current combination Phyllites dubius
	22

	Glyptostrobus europaeus seed/fruit (Brongniart 1833)
	original and current combination Taxodium europaeum
	34

	Sequoia langsdorfi seed/fruit
	407
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae

	Cephalotaxus miocenica seed/fruit
	2
unclassified

	Proserpinaca reticulata seed/fruit
	2
see common names

Geography

Country:	Germany	State/province:	North Rhine	County:	Westphalia
Coordinates:	51.0° North, 6.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	51.1° North, 6.2° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Pliocene
Stage:	Zanclean	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 6
*Period:	Late/Upper Tertiary - Late/Upper Tertiary	*Epoch:	Pliocene - Pliocene
*International age/stage:	Zanclian
Key time interval:	Zanclean
Age range of interval:	5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Local bed:	Rotten Series - Unit 9
Regional section:	Lower Rhine
Stratigraphic resolution:	bed

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: "Sand-filled very wide and shallowed channels. There is no sign of any fining upwards in the sediment."
Environment:	"channel"
Geology comments: "Very wide and shallow channels"..."A large river on a broad plain."

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:	0.500	Maximum sieve size:	5.000
Reason for describing collection:	paleoecologic analysis

Metadata

Database number:	28134
Authorizer:	B. Tiffney	Enterer:	J. Fosdick
Modifier:	J. Fosdick	Research group:	paleobotany
Created:	2003-01-24 10:11:14	Last modified:	2003-01-27 11:48:47
Access level:	database members	Released:	2003-01-24 10:11:14
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

7695.

J. Van Der Burgh. 1983. Allochthonous seed and fruit floras from the Pliocene of the Lower Rhine Basin. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 40:33-90 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]