Ulmites sp.

Kvaček, Zlatko & Teodoridis, Vasilis, 2011, The Late Eocene Flora Of Kučlín Near Bílina In North Bohemia Revisited, Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 67 (3 - 4), pp. 83-144 : 98

Ulmites sp.

Pl. 6, fig. 17

1869 Rhamnus bilinicus UNGER ; Ettingshausen, p. 41, pl. 50, fig. 19. 2001 Rhamnus bilinicus UNGER ; Hably, p. 59, pl. 73, fig. 4.

Leaf simple, sessile, lamina minute, elliptical, regularly serrate on margin.

D i s c u s s i o n: The unique specimen recalls ulmoid foliage which is in larger specimens spread in various Palaeogene sites, e.g., Messel and also at Spitsbergen (Budantsev and Golovneva 2010, as Ulmus ). Kvaček, Manum and Boulter (1994) suggested a non-committal name Ulmites for such morphotypes that may not unequivocally belong to the genus Ulmus . Fertile remains of Ulmus were recorded in the Eocene of North America (for review see Denk and Dillhof 2005).

M a t e r i a l: BP 59.1072.1.

Fagaceae