Altdobern 3/1961 (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Brandenburg, Germany (51.7° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.6° N, 11.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, carbonaceous claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, core, sieve,

Primary reference: D. H. Mai. 1997. Die oberoligozanen Floren am Nordrand der Sachsischen Lausitz. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 244(1-6):1-124 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26748: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 27.10.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
 Pinales - Taxaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressospermum saxonicum Mai 1960 cypress
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus Chinese swamp cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeaus Chinese swamp cypress
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Angiospermae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis teutonica grapevine
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Proserpinaca
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