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 seedplants. The flora includes occasional conifer and numerous angiospermremains. There are 34 extant angiosperm families represented of whichten are new records for Messel, plus 65 morphotypes of unknown familialaffinity. Three extant genera are recorded for the first time from thePaleogene.