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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Angiospermae | |
Sabal major Unger 1963 palm
Calamus daemonorops Unger 1860 rattan | |
Spirematospermum wetzleri Heer 1925 | |
Litsea phoenicea, Laurophyllum psuedoprinceps, Laurophyllum acutimontanum, Laurophyllum sp., Daphnogene lanceolata, Daphnogene cinnamomifolia, Laurocarpum sp.
Litsea phoenicea laurel
Laurophyllum psuedoprinceps laurel
Laurophyllum acutimontanum laurel
Laurophyllum sp. Göppert 1853 laurel
Daphnogene lanceolata laurel
Daphnogene cinnamomifolia laurel
Laurocarpum sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel | |
Aldrovanda intermedia Reid and Chandler 1926 | |
Eomastixia rugosa Zenker 1833 | |
Ilex tenuicostata holly
Ilex zenkeri holly | |
Aralia haselbachensis spikenard | |
Apocynophyllum helveticum dogbane | |
Liquidambar europaea sweetgum | |
Platanus neptuni Buzek et al. 1967 plane tree | |
Carpolithus "sp.4" Linnaeus 1768 | |
Illicium sp. Linnaeus 1759 magnolia | |
Rubus microspermus bramble
Rosa lignitum rose | |
Carpinus mediomontana hornbeam
Carpinus grandis Unger 1845 hornbeam | |
Acer hercynicum maple
Acer haselbachense maple | |
Ampelopsis sp. Michaux 1803 | |
Moroidea boveyana Chandler 1957 mulberry | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Microdiptera parva Chandler 1957 | |
Symplocos kirstei sweetleaf
Symplocos schereri sweetleaf | |
Eurya boveyana tea | |
Angiospermae | |
Sparganium pusilloides bur-reed | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Dicotylophyllum "sp.1" Saporta 1894 | |
Athrotaxis couttsiae cypress
Taxodium balticum cypress | |
Proserpinaca | |
Proserpinaca brevicarpa mermaidweed | |
Libocedrites salicornioides | |
Libocedrites salicornioides Unger 1841 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Selaginella saxonica spikemoss | |
Mastixia | |