Tagebau Borna-Ost, locality 5 (Oligocene to of Germany)

Where: Saxony, Germany (51.1° N, 12.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.0° N, 16.0° E (Wright 2013)

• 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; unlithified, silty lignite

• a coaly channel infilling with silty sediments

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, 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 24983: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 23.08.2002, edited by Sara Pendleton

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Stewartia
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Saururus
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Angiospermae
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Carpolithus "sp.4" Linnaeus 1768
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Microdiptera parva Chandler 1957
 Ericales - Theaceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Epacridicarpum headonense Chandler 1960 sweetleaf
Angiospermae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Rosids - Moraceae
Moroidea boveyana Chandler 1957 mulberry
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum bornense St John's wort
 Cornales - Cornaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Azolla prisca Reid and Chandler 1926
  - Marsileaceae
Myosurus
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Punica
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Punica natans pomegranate
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Libocedrites salicornioides
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