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 | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine | |
Cupressospermum saxonicum, Sequoia abietina, Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus, Glyptostrobus europaeaus, Taxodium dubium
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 | |
Microdiptera parva Chandler 1957 | |
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea | |
Symplocos lignitarum sweetleaf | |
Angiospermae | |
Vitis teutonica grapevine | |
Zizyphus striata buckthorn | |
Rubus laticostatus bramble
Rubus microspermus bramble | |
Alnus lusatica alder | |
Sparganium pusilloides bur-reed | |
Nyssa ornithobroma tupelo | |
Proserpinaca | |
Proserpinaca brevicarpa mermaidweed |