Rauno (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Brandenburg, Germany (51.6° N, 14.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 49.0° N, 15.7° 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; gray, carbonaceous claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, 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 27379: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 04.12.2002

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Saururus
  -
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Onagraceae
Ludwigia cucullifera water-purslane
 Myrtales - Trapaceae
Angiospermae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer polymorphoides, "Acer tricuspidatum" = Acer trilobatum
"Acer tricuspidatum" = Acer trilobatum Sternberg 1825 maple
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus pseudocastanea Göppert 1853 oak
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Elaeodendron helveticum Heer 1859 bittersweet
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Rosales - Pomaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae