Schwandorf, Tagebaue Brueckelholz, BR-OF/SK (Miocene of Germany)

Also known as Tagebaue Brueckelholz, Sandy coal

Where: Bayern, Germany (49.4° N, 12.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 45.9° N, 14.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, argillaceous lignite and poorly lithified, argillaceous lignite

• Fossils are recovered from a small river within the "Ur-Naab" drainage. This is incised into Triassic bedrock. The channels are a few 10s of meters deep and 1-2 km wide. They vary considerably both laterally and vertically. The Brueckelholz channel includes pure sands, coals, mixed sands and coals, and "paper-thin, grey, diatomaceous, leaf coals" bespeaking great changes in flow regime.
• The two beds at Brueckelholz are a "Sandy Coal" which appears intercalated with a coal bed and overlain by sands which contain the second "flora" reported in this paper. No mention of colors are made in the text. I remember the sands as light in color.

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: H.-J. Gregor. 1978. Die Miozaenan Frucht-und Samen-Floren die Oberpfaelzer Braunkohle. I. Funde aus den sandigen zwischenmitteln. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 167(1-3):8-103 [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28283: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 03.02.2003, edited by Julia Fosdick

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Trigonobalanus exacantha, Gironniera carinata, Cyclea palatinati-bavariae, Visnea germanica, Disanthus bavaricus, Turpinia ettingshausenii, Quisqualis pentaptera, Swida bugloviana
Angiospermae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia burseracea
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Theaceae
Eurya stigmosa
Eurya stigmosa Mai 1960 tea
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos lignitarum, Symplocos salzhausenensis, Symplocos wiesaensis
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Styrax dravertii
Angiospermae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
Sparganium haentzschelii
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Ampelopsis ludwigii, Vitis globosa, Vitis lusatica, Vitis sylvestris
Vitis globosa grapevine
Vitis lusatica grapevine
Vitis sylvestris grapevine
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Zanthoxylum giganteum, Toddalia maii, Toddalia naviculiformis
 Crossosomatales - Staphyleaceae
Staphylea bessarabica
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Cyclocarya cyclocarpa, Pterocarya limburgensis, "Engelhardtia macroptera" = Engelhardia
"Engelhardtia macroptera" = Engelhardia
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus extincta
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica ceriferiformis
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Paliurus sibirica
 Rosales - Pomaceae
Sorbus herzogenrathensis
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rubus laticostatus
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Sapium germanicum, Mallotus fragilis
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Retinomastixia oerteli
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Calamus daemonorops
Calamus daemonorops Unger 1860 rattan
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Sassafras lusaticum, Phoebe bohemica
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus europaeus
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Punica
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Punica tertiaria
Punica tertiaria pomegranate