Fraxinus aff. angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa (WILLD.) FRANCO et ROCHA AFONSO, 1971

Denk, Thomas, Sami, Marco, Teodoridis, Vasilis & Martinetto, Edoardo, 2022, The Late Early Pleistocene Flora Of Oriolo, Faenza (Italy): Assembly Of The Modern Forest Biome, Fossil Imprint 78 (1), pp. 217-262 : 246

Fraxinus aff. angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa (WILLD.) FRANCO et ROCHA AFONSO, 1971

Text-fig. 15d

M a t e r i a l. Oriolo MSF 782.

D e s c r i p t i o n. Leaflet, lamina elliptic, 65 mm long, 20 mm wide, base acute decurrent, secondary venation brochidodromous, small veins departing from the looping secondary vein enter into teeth, teeth widely spaced, with long apical and short basal side, tooth apex possibly glandular.

R e m a r k s. The single specimen from Oriolo is virtually identical to modern leaflets of F. angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa .

Figures

Text-fig. 15. a–c: Tilia sp. a: Oriolo MSF 679. b: Oriolo MSF n.n., fruiting bract. c: Oriolo MSF 908. d: Fraxinus aff. angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa Oriolo MSF 782. e–i: Hedera aff. helix. Polymorphic leaves. e: Oriolo MSF 628. f: Oriolo MSF 650. g: Oriolo MSF 797. h: Oriolo MSF 799. i: Oriolo MSF 796. Scale bars 50 mm (a, c–e), 10 mm (b, f–i).