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
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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Stewartia | |
Saururus | |
Angiospermae | |
Carpolithus "sp.4" Linnaeus 1768 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Microdiptera parva Chandler 1957 | |
Symplocos kirstei sweetleaf
Epacridicarpum headonense Chandler 1960 sweetleaf | |
Angiospermae | |
Sparganium pusilloides bur-reed | |
Moroidea boveyana Chandler 1957 mulberry | |
Carpinus mediomontana hornbeam
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch | |
Rubus microspermus bramble | |
Hypericum bornense St John's wort | |
Nyssa boveyana tupelo | |
Spirematospermum wetzleri Heer 1925 | |
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush | |
Persea fluviatilis laurel | |
Athrotaxis couttsiae cypress | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus palaeostrobus pine | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Azolla prisca Reid and Chandler 1926 | |
Myosurus | |
Punica | |
Punica natans pomegranate | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Selaginella saxonica spikemoss | |
Libocedrites salicornioides | |
Libocedrites salicornioides Unger 1841 |