Book ID: 101872
Collinson, Margaret E., Steven R. Manchester and Volker Wilde
Fossil Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Messel Biota, Germany. 2012. (Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 570). 2 figs. 3 tabs. 76 plates. 251 p. gr8vo. Paper bd. - In English.
Reveals at least 140 genera, representing more than 34 families of seed plants. The flora includes occasional conifer and numerous angiosperm remains. There are 34 extant angiosperm families represented of which ten are new records for Messel, plus 65 morphotypes of unknown familial affinity. Three extant genera are recorded for the first time from the Paleogene.