Where: Saxony, Germany (51.1° N, 12.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° N, 9.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, gray, silty claystone and unlithified lignite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression, coalified, original carbon
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,
Primary reference: D. H. Mai and H. Walther. 1978. Die Floren des Haselbacher Serie im Weisselster-Becken (Bezirk Leipzig, DDR). Abhandlungen des Staatlichen Museums fuer Mineralogie und Geologie zu Dresden 28:1-200 [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24922: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 22.08.2002, edited by Sara Pendleton
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Selaginella saxonica spikemoss | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Dicotylophyllum "sp.1" Saporta 1894 | |
Taxodium balticum cypress
Athrotaxis couttsiae cypress | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Microdiptera parva Chandler 1957 | |
Eurya boveyana tea | |
Symplocos kirstei sweetleaf
Symplocos schereri sweetleaf | |
Angiospermae | |
Carpolithus "sp.4" Linnaeus 1768 | |
Ampelopsis sp. Michaux 1803 | |
Moroidea boveyana Chandler 1957 mulberry | |
Rosa lignitum rose
Rubus microspermus bramble | |
Carpinus mediomontana hornbeam
Carpinus grandis Unger 1845 hornbeam | |
Acer hercynicum maple
Acer haselbachense maple | |
Sparganium pusilloides bur-reed | |
Platanus neptuni Buzek et al. 1967 plane tree | |
Liquidambar europaea sweetgum | |
Eomastixia rugosa Zenker 1833 | |
Ilex tenuicostata holly
Ilex zenkeri holly | |
Aralia haselbachensis spikenard | |
Apocynophyllum helveticum dogbane | |
Aldrovanda intermedia Reid and Chandler 1926 | |
Laurocarpum sp., Litsea phoenicea, Daphnogene lanceolata, Daphnogene cinnamomifolia, Laurophyllum psuedoprinceps, Laurophyllum acutimontanum, Laurophyllum sp.
Laurocarpum sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel
Litsea phoenicea laurel
Daphnogene lanceolata laurel
Daphnogene cinnamomifolia laurel
Laurophyllum psuedoprinceps laurel
Laurophyllum acutimontanum laurel
Laurophyllum sp. Göppert 1853 laurel | |
Spirematospermum wetzleri Heer 1925 | |
Sabal major Unger 1963 palm
Calamus daemonorops Unger 1860 rattan | |
Illicium sp. Linnaeus 1759 magnolia | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Libocedrites salicornioides | |
Libocedrites salicornioides Unger 1841 | |
Proserpinaca | |
Proserpinaca brevicarpa mermaidweed | |
Mastixia | |