Messel (Eocene of Germany)

Where: Hesse, Germany (49.0° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 3.9° E)

When: Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 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
  -
Carpolithus spp. Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus callosaeoides Collinson et al. 2012
 Sapindales - Simaroubaceae
Ailanthus confucii Unger 1850
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
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
 Huerteales - Tapisciaceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Berchemia mellerae Collinson et al. 2012 buckthorn
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Cedrelospermum leptospermum Manchester 1987 elm
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Crassivitisemen wildei Collinson et al. 2012
Ampelopsis sp. Michaux 1803
Cayratia jungii Chen and Manchester 2007
Palaeovitis sp. Reid and Chandler 1933
Vitis messelensis Collinson et al. 2012 grapevine
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
cf. Sapotispermum sp. Reid and Chandler 1933
 Ericales - Theaceae
Camelliacarpoidea messelensis Collinson et al. 2012 tea
 Ericales - Pentaphylacaceae
Cleyera sp. Thunberg 1783
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Decodon indet. Gmelin 1791
Angiospermae
 Nymphaeales -
? Nymphaeales indet. Salisbury 1820
 Magnoliales - Myristicaceae
Myristicacarpum sp. Gregor 1977 magnoliids
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo
 Cornales - Cornaceae
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
Diploclisia rugulosa Collinson et al. 2012
Parabaena cf. europaea Czeczott and Skirgiello 1967
Wardensheppeya sp. Eyde 1970
Tinosporeae sp. Hooker and Thomson 1855
Cocculus lottii Collinson et al. 2012
Martinmuellera tuberculata Collinson et al. 2012
Tinomiscoidea jacquesii Collinson et al. 2012
Stephania hootae Collinson et al. 2012
Menispermeae indet. de Candolle 1817
Karinschmidtia rotulae Collinson et al. 2012
Palaeosinomenium sp. Chandler 1961
Palaeosinomenium ornamentum Collinson et al. 2012
? Pericampylus sp. Miers 1851
Aves
 Coraciiformes -
 Gruiformes - Ameghinornithidae
Aenigmavis sapea3 Peters 1987 bird
 Gruiformes - Salmilidae
Salmila robusta1 Mayr 2000 bird
 Life - Archaeotrogonidae
 Life -
Saportaspermum kovacsiae Kvacek and Wilde 2010
 Life - Mastixiaceae
Mastixioid indet. Collinson et al. 2012
? Mastixia sp. von Blume 1826
Beckettia indet. Reid and Chandler 1933
Mastixiopsis nyssoides Kirchheimer 1936