Remains Of A Subtropical Humid Forest In A Messinian Evaporitebearing Succession At Govone, Northwestern Italy - Preliminary Results Author Martinetto, Edoardo Author Bertini, Adele Author Mantzouka, Dimitra Author Natalicchio, Marcello Author Niccolini, Gabriele Author Kovar-Eder, Johanna text Fossil Imprint 2022 2022-08-26 78 1 157 188 http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/fi.2022.007 journal article 10.37520/fi.2022.007 2533-4069 7167791 Symplocos casparyi R.LUDW., 1857 Text-fig. 7g M a t e r i a l. An endocarp from layer GLA10 (MGPTPU141089). R e m a r k s. This fossil is an elongate lignified object with several longitudinal ribs, a small circular pith at the base and three compressed seed locules. These characters and the direct comparison with well-preserved fossils ( Mai and Martinetto 2006 ) permit us to recognize it as a compressed and damaged fruit stone (endocarp) of Symplocos . Shape, dimensions and aspect of the longitudinal ribs correspond to those of the common Neogene species S . casparyi . This is the first report of this fossil-species for the Miocene of Italy , whereas it was already known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene ( Martinetto et al. 2014 , 2018b ).