Stare Gliwice - Pollen (Miocene to of Poland)

Also known as Starych Gliwic

Where: Silesia, Poland (50.3° N, 18.7° E: paleocoordinates 50.6° N, 17.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified claystone

• Miocene clays occur in the south-eastern part of the outcrop, which is 8 m. high; marine clays occur at the bottom, freshwater ones at the top, and there is also a passage layer of brackish character..... The flora was collected mainly from the freshwater bed...., partly also from the brackish one.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: bulk,

• Szafer lists the pollen described from the locality by J Oszastowna in his table, but at the generic level, thus confusing any attempt to understand diversity described at the specific level from mesofossils. To that end, BH tiffney decided to create two separate entries for this locality, one based on pollen and one on mesofossils.

Primary reference: W. Szafer. 1961. Miocenska Flora ze Starych Gliwic na Slasku (Miocene Flora of Stare Gliwice in Upper Silesia). Prace Instytut Geologiczny 33:1-205 [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28443: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 13.02.2003, edited by Julia Fosdick

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Sphagnum
  - Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodium sp. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales - Ephedraceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtus sp. Linnaeus 1753 myrtle
Angiospermae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornus sp. Linnaeus 1753 dogwood
 Dipsacales - Adoxaceae
Sambucus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elder
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 honeysuckle
 Apiales - Araliaceae
Hedera sp. Linnaeus 1753 ivy
Aralia sp. Linnaeus 1753 spikenard
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly
 Garryales - Eucommiaceae
Eucommia sp. Oliver 1890
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
Ligustrum sp. Linnaeus 1753 privet
Olea sp. Linnaeus 1753 olive
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
Corylopsis sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1835 witch-hazel
 Buxales - Buxaceae
Buxus sp. Linnaeus 1753 boxwood
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis sp. Linnaeus 1753 grapevine
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
Fagus sp. Linnaeus 1753 beech
Castanea sp. Miller 1754 chestnut
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica sp. Linnaeus 1753 bayberry
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya sp., Pterocarya sp., "Engelhardtia sp." = Engelhardia
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
Pterocarya sp. Kunth 1824 wingnut
"Engelhardtia sp." = Engelhardia Blume 1825
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Ostrya sp. Scopoli 1760 hophornbeam
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
 Rosales - Elaeagnaceae
Elaeagnus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oleaster
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Sapindales - Simaroubaceae
Ailanthus sp. Desfontaines 1786
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac
Pistacia sp. Linnaeus 1753 cashew
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Phellodendron sp. Ruprecht citrus
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus sp. L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cunninghamia sp. Brown cypress
Taxodium sp. Richard 1810 cypress
Glyptostrobus sp. Endlicher 1847 Chinese swamp cypress
Cryptomeria sp. Don cypress
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847 coast redwood
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Sciadopityaceae
Sciadopitys sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1842
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Tsuga sp. Carrière 1855
Keteleeria sp. Carrière 1866
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Pseudotsuga sp. Carrière 1867
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Osmunda sp. Linnaeus 1753
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Mohria sp. Swartz 1806
Lygodium sp. Swartz 1800 climbing fern
 Ascomycota - Microthyriaceae
Pyrenomycetae
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