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 | |
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 | |
Tapiscia pusilla Mai 1976 | |
Berchemia mellerae Collinson et al. 2012 buckthorn | |
Cedrelospermum leptospermum Manchester 1987 elm | |
Vitaceae indet., Crassivitisemen wildei, Ampelopsis sp., Cayratia jungii, Palaeovitis sp., Vitis messelensis, Parthenocissus britannica
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
Parthenocissus britannica Chandler 1957 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
cf. Sapotispermum sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 | |
Camelliacarpoidea messelensis Collinson et al. 2012 tea | |
Cleyera sp. Thunberg 1783 | |
Decodon indet. Gmelin 1791 | |
Angiospermae | |
? Nymphaeales indet. Salisbury 1820 | |
Myristicacarpum sp. Gregor 1977 magnoliids | |
Magnolia species magnolia | |
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937 tupelo | |
Eomastixia cf. rugosa Zenker 1833 | |
Menispermaceae indet., Diploclisia rugulosa, Parabaena cf. europaea, Wardensheppeya sp., Tinosporeae sp., Cocculus lottii, Martinmuellera tuberculata, Tinomiscoidea jacquesii, Stephania hootae, Menispermeae indet., Karinschmidtia rotulae, Palaeosinomenium sp., Palaeosinomenium venablesii, Palaeosinomenium ornamentum, ? Pericampylus sp.
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 venablesii Chandler 1961
Palaeosinomenium ornamentum Collinson et al. 2012
? Pericampylus sp. Miers 1851 | |
Aves | |
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Hassiavis laticauda2 Mayr 1998 | |
Saportaspermum kovacsiae Kvacek and Wilde 2010 | |
Mastixioid indet. Collinson et al. 2012
? Mastixia sp. von Blume 1826
Beckettia indet. Reid and Chandler 1933
Mastixiopsis nyssoides Kirchheimer 1936 |