Vörös A. szerk.: Fragmenta Mineralogica Et Palaentologica 15. 1992. (Budapest, 1992)

The leaves are elongated and narrow, the venation is acrodromous, supraba­sal, imperfect. The apex and the basis of the leaf is acute, the margin is entire. The species is distributed mainly in the Oligocène of Hungary where it occurs in great abundance. A few specimens were also found in the Lower Miocene, occurring only sporadically. Daphnogene sp. Material: sample No 863, depth 1738.3 m, No 863, depth 1743.8 m, No 863, depth 1743.5 m, No 863, depth 1744.6 m, No 873, depth 1754.2 m. The genus is characterised by distinctive features, thus it can be recognized on the basis of small fragments. All of its representatives mentioned above were members of the subtropical laureate forest. From the point of the articulation of the forest they were occupying the shrub layer or rather the lower foliage layer. Laurophyllum GOEPPERT Laurophyllum sp. Material: sample No 850, depth 1711.0 m, No 850, depth 1713.0 m, No 863, depth 1743.8 m, No 863, depth 1744.6 m. The leaves are narrow, elongated with loop-forming venation. Due to the si­milarity of their outline, the genus is often confused with Salix. They can be sepa­rated on the basis of venation. Moreover, the margin of Laurophyllum is always entire which separates it unambiguously from that Arctotertiary genus. Similarly to Daphnogene, Laurophyllum is also a Palaeotropical element, a member of the subtropical laurel forest. Lauraceae gen. Material: sample No 844, depth 1663.2 m A basal fragment containing only the midvein and some secondary veins. The character of the divergence of these veins is indicative of the family. Platanaceae Platanus L. Platanus neptuni BÙ£EK, HOLY and KVACEK Pl. VI, Figs. 2, 3. 1866 Sparganium neptuni ETT.; Ettingshausen, p. 31,pi. 7, figs. 9-15. 1866 Sparganium extinctum ETT.; p. 31, pi. 7,fig. 8. 1869 Bombax chorisiaefotium ETT; Ettingshausen, p. 11, pi. 42, figs. 2,4,5. 1869 Quercus arctocarpites ETT; p. 63, pi. 55, fig. 19. 1869 Ceratopetalum haeringuinum ETT; p.6, pi. 40, figs. 27-28, pi. 41, figs. 4,5. 1885 Ceratopetalum cundraticense ENGELHARDT, Engerhardt, p. 48, pl. 11, fig. 2.

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