Damgaard 3 (Miocene to of Denmark)

Where: Jylland, Denmark (54.9° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 55.2° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Odderup Formation, Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified sandstone

• paleoenvironment not stated
• Light cross bedded sands

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: E. M. Friis. 1979. The Damgaard flora: A new Middle Miocene flora from Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 27:117-142 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28313: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 06.02.2003, edited by Bruce Tiffney

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Paliurus sp. Miller 1768 buckthorn
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Alismatales - Alismataceae
Alismataceae gen.? Ventenat 1799
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae "sp. 1" Jussieu 1789 sedge
Cyperaceae "sp. 2" Jussieu 1789 sedge
Scirpus ? sp. Linnaeus 1753 sedge
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Epacridicarpum sp. Chandler 1960 sweetleaf
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather
Angiospermae
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Carpolithus "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus "sp. 4" Linnaeus 1768
Proserpinaca
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Hellia
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