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 | |
Ludwigia cucullifera water-purslane | |
Angiospermae | |
Acer polymorphoides, "Acer tricuspidatum" = Acer trilobatum
Acer polymorphoides maple
"Acer tricuspidatum" = Acer trilobatum Sternberg 1825 maple | |
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac | |
Quercus pseudocastanea Göppert 1853 oak
Castanopsis salinarum chinquapin
Fagus menzelii beech
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882 beech | |
Myrica crenata bayberry | |
Carpinus miocenica hornbeam | |
Elaeodendron helveticum Heer 1859 bittersweet | |
Sorbus alnoidea rowan | |
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar | |
Fraxinus cf. praedicta Heer 1859 ash | |
Carex mariisrodoniowii sedge | |
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Taxodium dubium Sternberg 1824 cypress | |
Polypodiopsida | |