Where: Hesse, Germany (49.0° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 3.9° E)
When: Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression, charcoalification, original carbon
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: M. E. Collinson, S. R. Manchester, and V. Wilde. 2012. Fossil Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Messel biota, Germany. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Gesellschaft Naturforschenden 570:1-249 [H. Wang/H. Wang/H. Wang]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140304: authorized by Hongshan Wang, entered by Hongshan Wang on 07.03.2013, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo | |
Eomastixia cf. rugosa Zenker 1833 | |
Menispermaceae indet., Stephania hootae, Diploclisia rugulosa, Menispermeae indet., Karinschmidtia rotulae, Tinomiscoidea jacquesii, ? Pericampylus sp., Wardensheppeya sp., Cocculus lottii, Martinmuellera tuberculata, Parabaena cf. europaea, Tinosporeae sp., Palaeosinomenium sp., Palaeosinomenium venablesii, Palaeosinomenium ornamentum
Menispermaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
Stephania hootae Collinson et al. 2012
Diploclisia rugulosa Collinson et al. 2012
Menispermeae indet. de Candolle 1817
Karinschmidtia rotulae Collinson et al. 2012
Tinomiscoidea jacquesii Collinson et al. 2012
? Pericampylus sp. Miers 1851
Wardensheppeya sp. Eyde 1970
Cocculus lottii Collinson et al. 2012
Martinmuellera tuberculata Collinson et al. 2012
Parabaena cf. europaea Czeczott and Skirgiello 1967
Tinosporeae sp. Hooker and Thomson 1855
Palaeosinomenium sp. Chandler 1961
Palaeosinomenium venablesii Chandler 1961
Palaeosinomenium ornamentum Collinson et al. 2012 | |
Vitaceae indet., Crassivitisemen wildei, Ampelopsis sp., Cayratia jungii, Parthenocissus britannica, Vitis messelensis, Palaeovitis sp.
Vitaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Crassivitisemen wildei Collinson et al. 2012
Ampelopsis sp. Michaux 1803
Cayratia jungii Chen and Manchester 2007
Parthenocissus britannica Chandler 1957
Vitis messelensis Collinson et al. 2012 grapevine
Palaeovitis sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 | |
Tapiscia pusilla Mai 1976 | |
Ailanthus confucii Unger 1850 | |
Rutaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 citrus
cf. Toddalia sp. de Jussieu 1789 citrus
Rutaspermum chandleri Collinson and Gregor 1988 citrus
Rutaspermum messelense Collinson and Gregor 1988 citrus | |
Cedrelospermum leptospermum Manchester 1987 elm | |
Berchemia mellerae Collinson et al. 2012 buckthorn | |
? Nymphaeales indet. Salisbury 1820 | |
Myristicacarpum sp. Gregor 1977 magnoliids | |
Magnolia species magnolia | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Decodon indet. Gmelin 1791 | |
Camelliacarpoidea messelensis Collinson et al. 2012 tea | |
Cleyera sp. Thunberg 1783 | |
cf. Sapotispermum sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 | |
Angiospermae | |
Carpolithus spp. Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus callosaeoides Collinson et al. 2012 | |
Aves | |
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Saportaspermum | |
Saportaspermum kovacsiae Kvacek and Wilde 2010 | |
Hassiavis laticauda2 Mayr 1998 | |
Mastixiaceae | |
Beckettia indet. Reid and Chandler 1933 | |
Mastixia | |
? Mastixia sp. von Blume 1826 | |
Mastixiaceae | |
Mastixiopsis nyssoides Kirchheimer 1936
Mastixioid indet. Collinson et al. 2012 |