Frechen 7805: Zanclean - Pliocene, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Empetrum nigrum seed/fruit
3
Oxydendrum europaeum seed/fruit
3
Dulichium spathaceum seed/fruit
2
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nuphar luteum seed/fruit
2
Brasenia victoria seed/fruit
9
Angiospermae - Araceae
Epipremnum crassum seed/fruit
15
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Carex rostrata seed/fruit
1
Carex sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
3
Scirpus cespitosus seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
3
Cladium reidiorum seed/fruit
43
Angiospermae - Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum demersum seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
1
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Persea sp. seed/fruit Gaertner 1805
1
Angiospermae - Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex ahrensii seed/fruit
4
Ilex brachyptera seed/fruit
1
Ilex fortunensis seed/fruit
5
Ilex jonkeri seed/fruit
3
Ilex sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
1
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Grossulariaceae
Ribes uva-crispa seed/fruit
2
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Corylopsis urselensis seed/fruit
1
Liquidambar magniloculata seed/fruit
5
Angiospermae - Proteales - Nelumbonaceae
Nelumbo sp. seed/fruit Adanson 1763
1
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Illicium weylandii seed/fruit
2
Magnolia cor seed/fruit
10
Angiospermae - Rosales - Pomaceae
Sorbus aria seed/fruit
2
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
5
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus trojana seed/fruit
7
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Pterocarya limburgensis seed/fruit
5
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Ostrya carpinifolia seed/fruit
2
Carpinus betulus seed/fruit
2
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Aesculus sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
1
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Rutaceae
Toddalia rhenana seed/fruit
2
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis teutonica seed/fruit
5
Angiospermae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Arctostaphyloides menzelii seed/fruit
23
Leucothoe narbonnensis seed/fruit
18
Leucothoe sp. seed/fruit Don 1834
9
Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos lignitarum seed/fruit
18
Symplocos pliocenicum seed/fruit
12
Symplocos sp. seed/fruit Jacquin 1760
1
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa seed/fruit Mai 1960
3
Angiospermae - Typhales - Sparganiaceae
Sparganium noduliferum seed/fruit
1
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton obtusifolius seed/fruit
1
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia langsdorfi seed/fruit
206
Taxodium dubium seed/fruit (Sternberg 1824)
original and current combination Phyllites dubius
5
Glyptostrobus europaeus seed/fruit (Brongniart 1833)
original and current combination Taxodium europaeum
10
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:North Rhine County:Westphalia
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 6.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.0° North, 6.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary - Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene - Pliocene
*International age/stage:Zanclean
Key time interval:Zanclean - Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Regional section:Lower Rhine
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Sandy Intercalation, "shallow, not too wide deposit within a Pliocene browncoal layer."
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
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:28171
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:J. Fosdick
Modifier:J. Fosdick Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-01-27 10:27:58 Last modified:2003-01-28 22:27:03
Access level:database members Released:2003-01-27 10:27:58
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]