Where: Sachsen, Germany (51.3° N, 15.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° N, 11.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, gray, silty siltstone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: coalified, original carbon
Collection methods: bulk, core, sieve,
Primary reference: D. H. Mai. 1997. Die oberoligozanen Floren am Nordrand der Sachsischen Lausitz. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 244(1-6):1-124 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24179: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 01.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Acer sepultum maple | |
Pterocarya margaritana wingnut | |
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech | |
Alnus lusatica alder
Carpinus cordataeformis hornbeam | |
Rubus microspermus bramble | |
Hypericum miocenicum St John's wort
Hypericum septestum St John's wort | |
Parthenocissus britannica Chandler 1957 | |
Physalis pliocenica nightshade | |
Nyssa ornithobroma tupelo | |
Distylium protagaeum witch-hazel | |
Cyperus leptodermis sedge
Scirpus pliocenicus sedge | |
Liriodendron fragilis magnolia | |
Sparganium pusilloides bur-reed | |
Potamogeton palaeodensus pondweed | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Ludwigia krauselii water-purslane | |
Pinopsida | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Selaginella saxonica spikemoss |