Kleinleipisch, Tagebau- Fundstelle 1 (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Brandenburg, Germany (51.6° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 12.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified claystone

• Rinnenfuellung (Kohlenton), ca. 3 m ueber Spezialton

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), 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 23049: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Gerlinde Smith on 08.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Lycopus europaeus
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Lycopus europaeus Linnaeus 1753 gypsywort
fossilis
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia abietina coast redwood
Glyptostrobus brevisiliquatus Chinese swamp cypress
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
 Ericales - Theaceae
 Ericales - Vacciniaceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Pallioporia symplocoides Kirchheimer 1934 sweetleaf
Sphenotheca incurva Kirchheimer 1934 sweetleaf
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Rhamnus depertitus, "Frangula solitaria" = Rhamnus (Frangula)
"Frangula solitaria" = Rhamnus (Frangula) buckthorn
 Rosales - Pomaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose
Rubus nanissimus bramble
Typus
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Malpighiales - Hypericaceae
Hypericum miocenicum St John's wort
 Rosids - Moraceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
 Typhales - Commelinidae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Cinnamomum sp. Schaeffer 1760 cinnamon
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Mastixia
  - Mastixiaceae