PBDB Collection

Tagebau Haselbach, Basal Clays, Locality 1 (Oligocene to of Germany)

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

• Greasy bright grey, silty, clay associated with dark bands of lignites and with silty sands

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

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unclassified
-	Tetraclinis brongniartii, Pyracantha acuticarpa, Lemnospermum minimum, Stewartia tertiaria, Dulichium hartzianum, Hosiaea bilinica, Fortunearia altenburgensis, Myosurus heterostylus, Trigonobalanus andreanszkyi, Matudaea menzelii, Pyracantha krauselii Tetraclinis brongniartii Pyracantha acuticarpa Lemnospermum minimum Stewartia tertiaria Dulichium hartzianum Hosiaea bilinica Fortunearia altenburgensis Myosurus heterostylus Trigonobalanus andreanszkyi Matudaea menzelii Pyracantha krauselii
Proserpinaca
-	Proserpinaca brevicarpa Proserpinaca brevicarpa mermaidweed
Libocedrites salicornioides
-	Libocedrites salicornioides Libocedrites salicornioides Unger 1841
Dicotyledoneae
Myrtales - Lythraceae	Microdiptera parva Microdiptera parva Chandler 1957
Ericales - Symplocaceae	Symplocos kirstei, Symplocos schereri Symplocos kirstei sweetleaf Symplocos schereri sweetleaf
Ericales - Theaceae	Eurya boveyana, Ternstroemia neglecta Eurya boveyana tea Ternstroemia neglecta tea
Angiospermae
Vitales - Vitaceae	Ampelopsis rotundata, Ampelopsis sp. Ampelopsis rotundata Ampelopsis sp. Michaux 1803
Sapindales - Sapindaceae	Acer hercynicum, Acer haselbachense Acer hercynicum maple Acer haselbachense maple
Rosales - Rosaceae	Rosa lignitum, Rubus microspermus Rosa lignitum rose Rubus microspermus bramble
Rosales - Ulmaceae	Ulmus cf. drepanodonta Ulmus cf. drepanodonta elm
Malpighiales - Salicaceae	Salix varians, Populus germanica, Populus zaddachii Salix varians Göppert 1852 willow Populus germanica poplar Populus zaddachii poplar
Fagales - Betulaceae	Carpinus mediomontana, Carpinus grandis Carpinus mediomontana hornbeam Carpinus grandis Unger 1845 hornbeam
Fagales - Juglandaceae	Engelhardia macroptera, Engelhardia orsbergensis, Carya quadrangula Engelhardia macroptera Engelhardia orsbergensis Carya quadrangula hickory
Rosids - Moraceae	Moroidea boveyana Moroidea boveyana Chandler 1957 mulberry
Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae	Illicium sp. Illicium sp. Linnaeus 1759 magnolia
-	Carpolithus "sp.4" Carpolithus "sp.4" Linnaeus 1768
Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae	Ottelia minutissima, Hydrocharis magna Ottelia minutissima Hydrocharis magna
Typhales - Commelinidae	Sparganium pusilloides Sparganium pusilloides bur-reed
Proteales - Platanaceae	Platanus neptuni Platanus neptuni Buzek et al. 1967 plane tree
Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae	Liquidambar europaea Liquidambar europaea sweetgum
Caryophyllales - Droseraceae	Aldrovanda intermedia Aldrovanda intermedia Reid and Chandler 1926
Cornales - Cornaceae	Mastixicarpum cacaoides, Eomastixia rugosa Mastixicarpum cacaoides Eomastixia rugosa Zenker 1833
Cornales - Nyssaceae	Nyssa boveyana, Nyssa altenburgensis, Nyssa disseminata Nyssa boveyana tupelo Nyssa altenburgensis tupelo Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo
Apiales - Araliaceae	Aralia haselbachensis Aralia haselbachensis spikenard
Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae	Ilex tenuicostata, Ilex zenkeri Ilex tenuicostata holly Ilex zenkeri holly
Gentianales - Apocynaceae	Apocynophyllum helveticum Apocynophyllum helveticum dogbane
Poales - Cyperaceae	Scirpus miocaenicus, Cladiocarya trebovensis, Caricoidea nitens Scirpus miocaenicus sedge Cladiocarya trebovensis sedge Caricoidea nitens sedge
Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae	Calamus daemonorops, Sabal major Calamus daemonorops Unger 1860 rattan Sabal major Unger 1963 palm
Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae	Spirematospermum wetzleri Spirematospermum wetzleri Heer 1925
Commelinales - Pontederiaceae	Eichhornia tertiaria Eichhornia tertiaria
Laurales - Lauraceae	Daphnogene lanceolata, Daphnogene cinnamomifolia, Laurocarpum sp., Litsea phoenicea, Laurophyllum psuedoprinceps, Laurophyllum acutimontanum, Laurophyllum sp. Daphnogene lanceolata laurel Daphnogene cinnamomifolia laurel Laurocarpum sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel Litsea phoenicea laurel Laurophyllum psuedoprinceps laurel Laurophyllum acutimontanum laurel Laurophyllum sp. Göppert 1853 laurel
Magnoliopsida
-	Dicotylophyllum "sp.1" Dicotylophyllum "sp.1" Saporta 1894

Coniferales - Cupressaceae	Taxodium balticum, Athrotaxis couttsiae Taxodium balticum cypress Athrotaxis couttsiae cypress
Lycopodiopsida
Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae	Selaginella saxonica Selaginella saxonica spikemoss
Polypodiopsida
Marattiales - Marattiidae	Pronephrium stiriacum Pronephrium stiriacum
Salviniales - Polypodiidae	Azolla prisca, Salvinia turgaica, Salvinia cf. reusii Azolla prisca Reid and Chandler 1926 Salvinia turgaica watermoss Salvinia cf. reusii watermoss
Mastixia
- Mastixiaceae	Mastixia meyeri Mastixia meyeri