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
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 | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine | |
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Epacridicarpum sp. Chandler 1960 sweetleaf | |
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather
Arctostaphyloides menzelii heather | |
Angiospermae | |
Carpolithus "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus "sp. 4" Linnaeus 1768 | |
Vitis cf. silvestris grapevine | |
Paliurus sp. Miller 1768 buckthorn | |
Rhus cf. toxicodendron sumac | |
Alismataceae gen.? Ventenat 1799 | |
Sparganium camenzianum bur-reed | |
Brasenia cf. tenuicostata water lily | |
Cyperaceae "sp. 1" Jussieu 1789 sedge
Cyperaceae "sp. 2" Jussieu 1789 sedge
Scirpus ragozinii sedge
Scirpus ? sp. Linnaeus 1753 sedge | |
Hellia | |
Proserpinaca | |
Proserpinaca brevicarpa mermaidweed |