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 Alnus cecropiifolia ( ETTINGSHAUSEN ) BERGER Pl. 9, Fig. 13 Incomplete leaf widely elliptic, 55 mm long and 54 mm wide, apex and base not preserved, margin poorly preserved, irregularly simple serrate, teeth acute, sinus angular, venation simply craspedodromous, midrib straight, strong, secondaries alternate, thinner, regularly spaced, straight, tertiary veins poorly visible, alternate percurrent, straight to curved, venation of the higher orders not preserved. This broad-leaved alder is a typical tree of swamps and riparian forests in the late Miocene of the Paratethys area ( Knobloch 1969 , Kvaček et al. 2002 ). In the Pliocene of Italy it has been found, associated with Glyptostrobus in deposits of swamp facies ( Martinetto 1994 , Martinetto and Farina 2005 ). M a t e r i a l. Leaf impression (Tossignano MSF260).