Dicotylophyllum sp. 2

Martinetto, Edoardo, Bertini, Adele, Mantzouka, Dimitra, Natalicchio, Marcello, Niccolini, Gabriele & Kovar-Eder, Johanna, 2022, Remains Of A Subtropical Humid Forest In A Messinian Evaporitebearing Succession At Govone, Northwestern Italy - Preliminary Results, Fossil Imprint 78 (1), pp. 157-188 : 174

Dicotylophyllum sp. 2

Pl. 4, Fig. 8

M a t e r i a l. A single leaf from GLA20 (MGPTPU141031).

D e s c r i p t i o n. Basal part of a simple leaf, petiole not preserved, lamina probably elliptic, l × w about 91 × 29 mm, ratio l/w about 3.1; base cuneate to somewhat decurrent, margin entire; midvein straight; secondary veins delicate, dense, arising at wide angles, looping close to the margin forming an intramarginal vein; intersecondaries developed; higher order veins reticulate.

R e m a r k s. This leaf is characterized by a thin intramarginal vein, like in Moraceae , Myrtaceae or Rutaceae .