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
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Dicotyledoneae | |
Decodon indet. Gmelin 1791 | |
Camelliacarpoidea messelensis Collinson et al. 2012 tea | |
cf. Sapotispermum sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 | |
Cleyera sp. Thunberg 1783 | |
Angiospermae | |
Vitaceae indet., Parthenocissus britannica, Palaeovitis sp., Crassivitisemen wildei, Ampelopsis sp., Cayratia jungii, Vitis messelensis
Vitaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Parthenocissus britannica Chandler 1957
Palaeovitis sp. Reid and Chandler 1933
Crassivitisemen wildei Collinson et al. 2012
Ampelopsis sp. Michaux 1803
Cayratia jungii Chen and Manchester 2007
Vitis messelensis Collinson et al. 2012 grapevine | |
Tapiscia pusilla Mai 1976 | |
Rutaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 citrus
Rutaspermum messelense Collinson and Gregor 1988 citrus
Rutaspermum chandleri Collinson and Gregor 1988 citrus
cf. Toddalia sp. de Jussieu 1789 citrus | |
Ailanthus confucii Unger 1850 | |
Berchemia mellerae Collinson et al. 2012 buckthorn | |
Cedrelospermum leptospermum Manchester 1987 elm | |
Myristicacarpum sp. Gregor 1977 magnoliids | |
Magnolia species magnolia | |
Carpolithus spp. Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus callosaeoides Collinson et al. 2012 | |
Eomastixia cf. rugosa Zenker 1833 | |
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo | |
Menispermaceae indet., ? Pericampylus sp., Palaeosinomenium sp., Palaeosinomenium ornamentum, Palaeosinomenium venablesii, Tinomiscoidea jacquesii, Wardensheppeya sp., Diploclisia rugulosa, Tinosporeae sp., Martinmuellera tuberculata, Stephania hootae, Parabaena cf. europaea, Cocculus lottii, Menispermeae indet., Karinschmidtia rotulae
Menispermaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
? Pericampylus sp. Miers 1851
Palaeosinomenium sp. Chandler 1961
Palaeosinomenium ornamentum Collinson et al. 2012
Palaeosinomenium venablesii Chandler 1961
Tinomiscoidea jacquesii Collinson et al. 2012
Wardensheppeya sp. Eyde 1970
Diploclisia rugulosa Collinson et al. 2012
Tinosporeae sp. Hooker and Thomson 1855
Martinmuellera tuberculata Collinson et al. 2012
Stephania hootae Collinson et al. 2012
Parabaena cf. europaea Czeczott and Skirgiello 1967
Cocculus lottii Collinson et al. 2012
Menispermeae indet. de Candolle 1817
Karinschmidtia rotulae Collinson et al. 2012 | |
? Nymphaeales indet. Salisbury 1820 | |
Saportaspermum | |
Saportaspermum kovacsiae Kvacek and Wilde 2010 | |
Hassiavis laticauda2 Mayr 1998 | |
Mastixiaceae | |
Mastixiopsis nyssoides Kirchheimer 1936
Beckettia indet. Reid and Chandler 1933
Mastixioid indet. Collinson et al. 2012 | |
Mastixia | |
? Mastixia sp. von Blume 1826 |