Spreetal (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Sachsen, Germany (51.5° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 13.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; gray claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: D. H. Mai. 2001. Die mittelmiozaenen und obermiozaenen Floren aus der Meuroer und Raunoer Folge in der Lausitz. III. Fundstellen und Palaeobiologie. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 258:1-85 [B. Tiffney/G. Smith/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27517: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 09.12.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Helobiae -
Marcoduria inopinata Weyland 1957
 Santalales - Loranthaceae
Viscophyllum sp. Knoll 1904 mistletoe
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmoxylon sp. Schenk 1882 palm
 Dioscoreales - Dioscoreaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Sciadopityaceae