Kausche, Grube Mariannensglueck (Flora A) (Miocene of Germany)

Also known as Kauschegrube or Grube Clara 1

Where: Brandenburg, Germany (51.6° N, 14.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 49.1° N, 15.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, blue claystone and poorly lithified lignite

• Fetter, dunkelblauer Ton; Braunkohle

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,

Primary reference: D. H. Mai. 2001. Die mittelmiozaenen und obermiozaenen Floren aus der Meuroer und Raunoer Folge in der Lausitz. III. Fundstellen und Palaeobiologie. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 258:1-85 [B. Tiffney/G. Smith/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23045: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Gerlinde Smith on 08.07.2002, edited by Bruce Tiffney

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
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"Monocotyledonae indet." = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledonae indet." = Monocotyledoneae
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Proteales - Proteaceae
? Dryandroides sp. Unger 1850
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
 Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Paliurus favonii Unger 1847 buckthorn
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rubus sp. Linnaeus 1753 bramble
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica lignitum Unger 1850 bayberry
 Fagales - Fagaceae
"? Cyclobalanopsis sp." = Quercus (Cyclobalanopsis) Oersted ring-cupped oak
Castanea atavia Unger 1850 chestnut
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Carpinus grandis Unger 1845 hornbeam
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix angusta Braun 1851 willow
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
"Acer tricuspidatum" = Acer trilobatum
"Acer tricuspidatum" = Acer trilobatum Sternberg 1825 maple
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Cephalotaxus sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1842 yew
 Pinales - Pinaceae