Quercus sp.

Teodoridis, Vasilis, Kvaček, Zlatko, Sami, Marco, Utescher, Torsten & Martinetto, Edoardo, 2015, Palaeoenvironmental Analysis Of The Messinian Macrofossil Floras Of Tossignano And Monte Tondo (Vena Del Gesso Basin, Romagna Apennines, Northern Italy), Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 71 (3 - 4), pp. 249-292 : 261-262

cf. Quercus sp. div.

Pl. 7, Fig. 6, 13

Leaves elliptic and obovate, 42 and 71 mm long, 30 to 42 mm wide, base slightly asymmetric rounded, apex incomplete shortly attenuate and obtuse, margin entire in basal part, irregularly, coarsely, simply dentate in the apical part, teeth acute and obtuse, sinuses rounded, venation simple craspedodromous, midrib strong, moderate, secondary veins thinner, alternate or subopposite, straight to curved, tertiary veins alternate precurrent, sinuous to straight, venation of the higher orders regular polygonal reticulate, areolation well developed, 3- to 4-sided.

The incomplete preservation prevents exact identification of a part of the impressions, although the affinity to oaks is probable for both figured leaves.

M a t e r i a l. Leaf impressions (Monte Tondo MSF1921;

Tossignano MSF257).