Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Full 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
Belongs to Vitis according to M. E. Collinson et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Vitis aestivalis, Vitis alaskana, Vitis ambigua, Vitis aquila, Vitis arnensis, Vitis bilobata, Vitis bracknellensis, Vitis crenata, Vitis cuneata, Vitis cuspidata, Vitis elegans, Vitis excavata, Vitis florissantella, Vitis fragmenta, Vitis glabra, Vitis goodharti, Vitis heeriana, Vitis hesperia, Vitis inominata, Vitis islandica, Vitis lakensis, Vitis leei, Vitis lobata, Vitis magtiisperma, Vitis obovoidea, Vitis olriki, Vitis platanifolia, Vitis platyformis, Vitis platysperma, Vitis poolensis, Vitis pseudorotundifolia, Vitis pygmaea, Vitis rectisulcata, Vitis romanetii, Vitis rotundifolia, Vitis semenlabruscoides, Vitis sparsa, Vitis stipitata, Vitis subglobosa, Vitis symmetrica, Vitis triangularis, Vitis venablesi
Type specimen: Holotype SM.B Me 21619, a seed/fruit
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Messel (Eocene of Germany)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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