Also known as Starych Gliwic
Where: Silesia, Poland (50.3° N, 18.7° E: paleocoordinates 50.6° N, 17.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified claystone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collection methods: bulk,
• Szafer lists the pollen described from the locality by J Oszastowna in his table, but at the generic level, thus confusing any attempt to understand diversity described at the specific level from mesofossils. To that end, BH tiffney decided to create two separate entries for this locality, one based on pollen and one on mesofossils.
Primary reference: W. Szafer. 1961. Miocenska Flora ze Starych Gliwic na Slasku (Miocene Flora of Stare Gliwice in Upper Silesia). Prace Instytut Geologiczny 33:1-205 [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 28443: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 13.02.2003, edited by Julia Fosdick
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Pyrenomycetae | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedra cf. fragilis jointfir | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrtus sp. Linnaeus 1753 myrtle | |
Angiospermae | |
Vitis sp. Linnaeus 1753 grapevine | |
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden | |
Phellodendron sp. Ruprecht citrus | |
Pistacia sp. Linnaeus 1753 cashew
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac | |
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple | |
Ailanthus sp. Desfontaines 1786 | |
Elaeagnus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oleaster | |
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
Castanea sp. Miller 1754 chestnut
Fagus sp. Linnaeus 1753 beech
Fagus cf. ferruginea beech | |
Myrica sp. Linnaeus 1753 bayberry | |
Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam
Ostrya sp. Scopoli 1760 hophornbeam
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch | |
"Engelhardtia sp." = Engelhardia Blume 1825
Pterocarya sp. Kunth 1824 wingnut
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory | |
Corylopsis sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1835 witch-hazel
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum | |
Cornus sp. Linnaeus 1753 dogwood | |
Hedera sp. Linnaeus 1753 ivy
Aralia sp. Linnaeus 1753 spikenard | |
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly | |
Sambucus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elder | |
Viburnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 honeysuckle | |
Eucommia sp. Oliver 1890 | |
Olea sp. Linnaeus 1753 olive
Ligustrum sp. Linnaeus 1753 privet | |
Buxus sp. Linnaeus 1753 boxwood | |
Cryptomeria sp. Don cypress
Taxodium sp. Richard 1810 cypress
Glyptostrobus sp. Endlicher 1847 Chinese swamp cypress
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847 coast redwood
Cunninghamia sp. Brown cypress | |
Podocarpus sp. L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp | |
Pinopsida | |
Sciadopitys sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1842 | |
Picea sp., Pseudotsuga sp., Keteleeria sp., Tsuga sp., Pinus sp., Pinus cf. haploxylon, Pinus cf. silvestris
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Pseudotsuga sp. Carrière 1867
Keteleeria sp. Carrière 1866
Tsuga sp. Carrière 1855
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Pinus cf. haploxylon pine
Pinus cf. silvestris pine | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Lycopodium sp. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine | |
Sphagnum | |
Sphagnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Osmunda sp. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Lygodium sp. Swartz 1800 climbing fern
Mohria sp. Swartz 1806 |