Hambach 14183: Tortonian - Messinian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ajuga antiqua seed/fruit
2
Caldesia cylindrica seed/fruit
1
Polyspora lignitica seed/fruit
1
Sinomenium militzeri seed/fruit
1
Umbelliferopsis molassicus seed/fruit
1
Viola canina seed/fruit
7
Viola rupestris seed/fruit
5
Angiospermae
Angiospermae indet. seed/fruit
60
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis lusatica seed/fruit
3
Angiospermae - Crossosomatales - Staphyleaceae
Staphylea sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
1
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer campestre seed/fruit
1
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Rubus laticostatus seed/fruit
8
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. seed/fruit Miller 1754
5
Ostrya scholzii seed/fruit
34
Betula sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
7
Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Pterocarya limburgensis seed/fruit
6
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus decurrens seed/fruit
17
Angiospermae - Solanales - Solanaceae
Solanum nigrum seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
3
Angiospermae - Garryales - Eucommiaceae
Eucommia europaea seed/fruit
2
Angiospermae - Dipsacales - Adoxaceae
Sambucus pulchella seed/fruit
9
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurocarpum sp. 2 seed/fruit Reid and Chandler 1933
1
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Carex acuta seed/fruit
1
Carex acutiformis seed/fruit
1
Carex hostiana seed/fruit
1
Carex sp. div. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
4
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Liriodendron geminatum seed/fruit
46
Magnolia burseracea seed/fruit
2
Angiospermae - Ericales - Styracaceae
Styrax maximus seed/fruit
1
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae
Actinidia faveolata seed/fruit
2
Eurya stigmosa seed/fruit Mai 1960
6
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae
Decodon globosus seed/fruit
5
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
1
Angiospermae - Alismales - Alismaceae
Alisma plantago-aquatica seed/fruit
1
Angiospermae - Typhales - Sparganiaceae
Sparganium haentzschelii seed/fruit
1
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia langsdorfi seed/fruit
6
Taxodium dubium seed/fruit (Sternberg 1824)
original and current combination Phyllites dubius
42
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
4
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:North Rhine County:Westphalia
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 6.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.0° North, 5.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Middle - Late/Upper Tertiary - Middle - Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene
*International age/stage:Tortonian - Messinian
Key time interval:Tortonian - Messinian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local section:Indener Schichten
Regional section:Lower Rhine
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: rhythmic succession of fine sands and silts; allochthonous
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original carbon
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.500 Maximum sieve size:5.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:28131
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:J. Fosdick
Modifier:B. Tiffney Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-01-24 09:34:31 Last modified:2003-05-29 15:51:21
Access level:database members Released:2003-01-24 09:34:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7653. J. Van Der Burgh. 1987. Miocene floras in the lower Rhenish basin and their ecological interpretation. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 52:299-366 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]