Sosnica (Late Miocene): Miocene, Poland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polypodiopsida
- Salviniales
- Salviniaceae
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Salvinia mildeana
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| vegetative remains including leaves | ||||||||||
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Salvinia informal intermedia complex megaspore
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Angiospermae
- Arales
- Lemnaceae
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Limnobiophyllum expansum leaf
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Ulmaceae
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Ulmus carpinoides leaf
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| a leaf fragment | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 51.0° North, 16.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.4° North, 15.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene - Miocene |
| *International age/stage: | Late - Late | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Poznan | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The plant fossils occur in the Flamy Clay Horizon in the upper part of the Poznan Formation. The age of the deposits at the top of the horizon with plant remains is Late Miocene, an equivalent of Pontian in the stratigraphic scheme of Paratethys, based on palynology and regional geological correlation (Dyjor et al. 1998). |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: grey clay |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | original sporopollenin |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),chemical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sosnica locality near Wroclaw in Lower Silesia in the southernmost part of the Tertiary Polish-german Depression (Late Miocene) | ||
| Database number: | 32445 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Lupia | Enterer: | T. Naeher |
| Modifier: | T. Naeher | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-06-30 10:58:15 | Last modified: | 2003-06-30 15:08:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-30 10:58:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8745. | M. Collinson, Z. Kvacek, and E. Zastawniak. 2001. The aquatic plants Salvinia (Salviniales) and Limnobiophyllum (Arales) from the Late Miocene flora of Sosnica (Poland). Acta Palaeobot. 41(2):253-282 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/T. Naeher] |