Quercus aff. cerris

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 : 232

Quercus aff. cerris L., 1753

Text-fig. 8a, b

M a t e r i a l. Oriolo MSF 982, 984.

D e s c r i p t i o n. Cupule, diameter 22–27 mm, oblong to spathulate scales, reflexed, ca. 2–3 mm long.

R e m a r k s. The cupules resemble those of modern Quercus sect. Cerris by their reflexed scales. Such scales are also found in some Q. sect. Ilex (e.g., Q. coccifera L., 1753). Cupules in Q. cerris usually have more prominent scales, but they may look similar to the fossils from Oriolo when collected from the leaf litter.

Figures

Text-fig. 8. a–e: Quercus aff. cerris. a: Cup, Oriolo MSF 984. b: Cup, Oriolo MSF 982. c: Leaf, Oriolo MSF 689. d: Leaf, Oriolo MSF 659. e: Oriolo MSF 657. f: Quercus aff. pubescens Oriolo MSF 688. g: Quercus sect. Quercus acorn, Oriolo MSF 658. h–j: Quercus iberica. h: Oriolo MSF 694. i: Oriolo MSF 639. j: Oriolo MSF 698. Scale bars 10 mm (a, b, g), 50 mm (c–f, h–j).