Palaeoenvironmental Analysis Of The Messinian Macrofossil Floras Of Tossignano And Monte Tondo (Vena Del Gesso Basin, Romagna Apennines, Northern Italy) Author Teodoridis, Vasilis Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education, Department of Biology and Environmental Studies, Magdalény Rettigové 4, 116 39 Prague 1, the Czech Republic; e-mail: vasilis. teodoridis @ pedf. cuni. cz Author Kvaček, Zlatko Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Albertov 6, 128 43, Prague 2, the Czech Republic; e-mail: kvacek @ natur. cuni. cz Author Sami, Marco Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali, Via Medaglie d’Oro 51, 480 18 Faenza (RA); Italy; e-mail: marco. sami @ cheapnet. it Author Utescher, Torsten Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main; Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn, Nussallee 8, 531 15 Bonn, Germany; e-mail: utescher @ geo. uni-bonn. de Author Martinetto, Edoardo Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Torino. Via Valperga Caluso 35, I- 10123 Torino, Italy; e-mail: edoardo. martinetto @ unito. it text Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 2015 2015-12-31 71 3 - 4 249 292 https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/24628ce2-d0a9-3b24-8b6c-c42c9e0f0bfd/ journal article 10.14446/AMNP.2015.249 2533-4069 13183696 Myrica lignitum ( UNGER ) SAPORTA Pl. 9, Fig 1–3 Leaves simple, petiolate, elliptic, 33 to 50 mm long and 8 to 10 mm wide, base cuneate with fragmentary petiole, apex obtuse, margin entire, venation brochidodromous, midrib strong, moderate, straight or curved, secondary veins poorly preserved, thinner, looping by margin, alternate, at angles of 40–60°, tertiary veins alternate percurrent, straight to sinuous, venation of the higher orders not visible. The figured lanceolate entire-margined leaves with long decurrent base are identifiable even without anatomical evidence as Myrica lignitum , a widely distributed element in the European late Palaeogene and Neogene (see Kovar-Eder et al. 2004 ). The dentate forms were not encountered in the studied material. The specimen figured in Pl. 9, Fig. 3 differs from standard leaves of Myrica lignitum in its denser venation and bluntly acute apex. M a t e r i a l. Leaf impressions (Monte Tondo MSF1827, MSF1828, MSF1829).