Stare Gliwice - Mesofossils (Miocene to of Poland)

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

• Miocene clays occur in the south-eastern part of the outcrop, which is 8 m. high; marine clays occur at the bottom, freshwater ones at the top, and there is also a passage layer of brackish character..... The flora was collected mainly from the freshwater bed...., partly also from the brackish one.

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon, replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• 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 28442: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 13.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo adiantoides Unger 1845 ginkgo
Angiospermae
 Crossosomatales - Staphyleaceae
Staphylea sp. Linnaeus 1753 bladdernut
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1753 maple
Acer "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1753 maple
Acer trilobatum Sternberg 1825 maple
 Sapindales - Simaroubaceae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
 Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
"Salix cf. integra" = Salix wyomingensis Knowlton and Cockerell 1919 willow
Salix varians Göppert 1852 willow
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica cf. ungeri Heer 1856 bayberry
Myrica lignitum Unger 1850 bayberry
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
Betula cf. macrophylla Göppert 1859 birch
Carpinus grandis Unger 1845 hornbeam
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Fragaria "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1753 strawberry
Fragaria "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1753 strawberry
Rubus idaeus bramble
Rubus caesius bramble
Rubus saxatilis Linnaeus 1753 bramble
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865 zelkova
 Rosales - Pomaceae
Crataegus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hawthorn
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis teutonica grapevine
Vitis ludwigi grapevine
Vitis silvestris grapevine
Vitis sp. Linnaeus 1753 grapevine
 Rosids - Moraceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
 Ericales - Styracaceae
 Ericales - Theaceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
 Myrtales - Haloragidaceae
Hippuris globosa mare's tail
Hippuris vulgaris Linnaeus 1753 mare's tail
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Angiospermae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea lotus water lily
Nymphaea alba Linnaeus 1753 water lily
Nuphar luteum water lily
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Buxales - Buxaceae
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus 1753 boxwood
 Solanales - Solanaceae
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Cornus mas dogwood
Cornus "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1753 dogwood
Cornus "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1753 dogwood
Cornus alba dogwood
 Lamiales - Lamiaceae
"Labiatae indet." = Lamiaceae
"Labiatae indet." = Lamiaceae Martinov 1820 mint
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
 Garryales - Eucommiaceae
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Cephalanthus aff. occidentalis Linnaeus 1753 coffee
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
 Apiales - Araliaceae
 Dipsacales - Adoxaceae
 Santalales - Loranthaceae
 Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
 Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Thalictrum Bauhinii Linnaeus 1753 meadow-rue
Thalictrum sp. Linnaeus 1753 meadow-rue
 Proteales - Sabiaceae
Meliosma sp. Blume 1823
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmospermum sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 palm
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Alismatales - Zannichelliaceae
 Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
Hydrocharis sp. Linnaeus
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1753 pondweed
Potamogeton "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1753 pondweed
Potamogeton natans Linnaeus 1753 pondweed
Potamogeton pectinatus Linnaeus 1753 pondweed
 Alismatales - Ruppiaceae
Ruppia maritima - miocaenica Linnaeus 1753 widgeonweed
Ruppia major widgeonweed
 Alismales - Alismaceae
Alisma cf. plantago Linnaeus 1753 water-plantain
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Libocedrus salicornioides cypress
Libocedrus salicornioides (Ung.) Heer of Szafer = Libocedrites salicornioides (Ung.) End
Sequoia langsdorfi coast redwood
Sequoia couttsiae Heer 1862 coast redwood
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Sphagnum
  - Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss
Bryopsida
 Hypnales - Neckeraceae
Pyrenomycetae
  -
 Ascomycota - Microthyriaceae
 Life - Mastixiaceae