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 Fagus gussonii MASSALONGO emend. KNOBLOCH et VELITZELOS Pl. 8, Fig. 9–12; Pl. 10, Fig. 4 Leaves elliptic to ovate, 47 to 110 mm long, 32 to 75 mm wide, base often asymmetric, rounded to widely cuneate with petiole up to 13 mm long, apex acute to attenuate, margin simply widely serrate, teeth regularly spaced, distinct, acute, venation simple craspedodromous, midrib straight, moderate, secondary veins straight, alternate, regularly spaced, tertiary veins straight to sinuous, alternate percurrent, venation of the higher orders regular polygonal reticulate, areolation well developed, 3- to 4-sided. Such fossil foliage of beech has usually been assigned to Fagus gussonii based on the Neogene records from southern Europe ( Kvaček et al. 2002 , Denk 2004). M a t e r i a l. Leaf impressions (Monte Tondo MSF1608, MSF1609, MSF1610, MSF1611, MSF1612, MSF1613, MSF1614, MSF1615, MSF1616, MSF1617; Tossignano MSF25, MSF47, MSF258, MSF1532).