Rietschen (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Sachsen, Germany (51.4° N, 14.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.7° N, 13.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lignite

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 27381: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 04.12.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Polypodiopsida
  - Marsileaceae
Marsilea dorofeevii water clover
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum septestum St John's wort
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech
 Rosales - Pomaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Rosids - Moraceae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Alismales - Alismaceae
Alisma crassicarpum water-plantain
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo
 Dipsacales - Adoxaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Poales - Xyridaceae
Xyris multicostata n. sp. yellow-eyed grass
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Onagraceae
Ludwigia palustris water-purslane
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Sphenotheca incurva Kirchheimer 1934 sweetleaf
 Ericales - Styracaceae
 Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae