Hohenleipisch (Flora A) (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Brandenburg, Germany (51.5° N, 13.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.7° N, 12.1° 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; unlithified, brown claystone and unlithified siltstone

• Braune Tone und Schluffe unmittelbar ueber der Braunkohle, die ueber "Flaschentonen" liegt

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), 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 23043: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Gerlinde Smith on 08.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Ericales - Ebenaceae
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
"Spondiaecarpum mettenii" = Spondiaecarpon
"Spondiaecarpum mettenii" = Spondiaecarpon cashew
 Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum miocenicum St John's wort
 Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae