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