Crataegus aff. monogyna JACQ., 1775

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 : 228

Crataegus aff. monogyna JACQ., 1775

Text-fig. 5c

M a t e r i a l. Oriolo MSF 639-1, 832-1, 833, 834, 835,

836, 837.

D e s c r i p t i o n. Leaf, simple, lamina ovate to deltoid, deeply lobed, 2–3 lobes per side, leaf lobe apices acute, base round to cuneate, lamina 18–29 mm long, 17–29 mm wide.

R e m a r k s. The leaves are very similar to the modern C. monogyna . Another modern European species, C. laevigata (POIR.) DC., 1825 , differs by obtuse lobe apices and shallower sinuses.

Figures

Text-fig. 5. a: Gleditsia aff. caspica Oriolo MSF 935. b: Gleditsia caspica modern leaflet (NMNS Cleared Leaf Database specimen T 1484). c: Crataegus aff. monogyna Oriolo MSF 836. d: Mespilus aff. germanica Oriolo MSF 785. e, g, h: Pyracantha aff. coccinea. e: Oriolo MSF 627. g: Oriolo MSF 627. h: Oriolo MSF 684. f: Pyracantha coccinea modern leaf for comparison (NMNH 03695728). i: Pyracantha coccinea modern leaf for comparison (E00408203). j, k: Sorbus aff. domestica. j: Oriolo MSF 636. k: Oriolo MSF 824. Scale bars 10 mm (a–k).