Where: Saxony, Germany (51.1° N, 12.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° N, 9.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, gray, silty claystone and unlithified lignite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression, coalified, original carbon
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,
Primary reference: D. H. Mai and H. Walther. 1978. Die Floren des Haselbacher Serie im Weisselster-Becken (Bezirk Leipzig, DDR). Abhandlungen des Staatlichen Museums fuer Mineralogie und Geologie zu Dresden 28:1-200 [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24922: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 22.08.2002, edited by Sara Pendleton
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Selaginella saxonica spikemoss | |
Proserpinaca | |
Proserpinaca brevicarpa mermaidweed | |
Libocedrites salicornioides | |
Libocedrites salicornioides Unger 1841 | |
Angiospermae | |
Illicium sp. Linnaeus 1759 magnolia | |
Carpolithus "sp.4" Linnaeus 1768 | |
Platanus neptuni Buzek et al. 1967 plane tree | |
Liquidambar europaea sweetgum | |
Eomastixia rugosa Zenker 1833 | |
Apocynophyllum helveticum dogbane | |
Ilex tenuicostata holly
Ilex zenkeri holly | |
Aralia haselbachensis spikenard | |
Aldrovanda intermedia Reid and Chandler 1926 | |
Spirematospermum wetzleri Heer 1925 | |
Sabal major Unger 1963 palm
Calamus daemonorops Unger 1860 rattan | |
Litsea phoenicea, Daphnogene lanceolata, Daphnogene cinnamomifolia, Laurocarpum sp., Laurophyllum psuedoprinceps, Laurophyllum acutimontanum, Laurophyllum sp.
Litsea phoenicea laurel
Daphnogene lanceolata laurel
Daphnogene cinnamomifolia laurel
Laurocarpum sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel
Laurophyllum psuedoprinceps laurel
Laurophyllum acutimontanum laurel
Laurophyllum sp. Göppert 1853 laurel | |
Sparganium pusilloides bur-reed | |
Ampelopsis sp. Michaux 1803 | |
Acer hercynicum maple
Acer haselbachense maple | |
Rubus microspermus bramble
Rosa lignitum rose | |
Carpinus mediomontana hornbeam
Carpinus grandis Unger 1845 hornbeam | |
Moroidea boveyana Chandler 1957 mulberry | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Microdiptera parva Chandler 1957 | |
Eurya boveyana tea | |
Symplocos kirstei sweetleaf
Symplocos schereri sweetleaf | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Dicotylophyllum "sp.1" Saporta 1894 | |
Taxodium balticum cypress
Athrotaxis couttsiae cypress | |
Mastixia | |