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Ulmus cf. carpinoides Goeppert, 1855
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Taxonomy
Elm
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Class: Dicotyledonae
Order: Urticales
Family: Ulmaceae
Genus: Ulmus
Species: Ulmus cf. carpinoides
Author Citation Goeppert, 1855
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Pliocene
International Age: Piacenzian
Stratigraphy
Willershausen Formation
Provenance
Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 06/01/1968
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 8 cm
Location
Clay pit Willershausen
Willershausen a. Harz
Lower Saxony
Germany
Comments
Ulmus cf. carpinoides Goeppert with leaf galls. The leaf galls are similar to those of the recent elm gall mite (Aculus ulmicola).
Literature:
E. Knobloch: Der pliozäne Laubwald von Willershausen am Harz (Mitteleuropa). Documenta naturae 120, 302 S., 34 Abb., 2 Tab., 46 Taf.
Titchener F. R.(1999); Leaf feeding traces from the Upper Pliocene fossil Lagerstätte of Willershausen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Acta Palaeobot. 1999, Suppl. 2, 403-409.
http://digiphyll.smns-bw.org/sample-apps/x/2019-04_en/html/downloads/Ulmus-carpinoides.pdf
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