Figure 4: Common dicotyledonous morphotypes from R3 fossil leaf layer.
From: Remnants of an ancient forest provide ecological context for Early Miocene fossil apes
(a) Morphotype 15 showing ovate shape, three basal veins, prominent basal agrophics and teeth; (b) morphotype 20 showing three palmate lobes, actinodromous primary venation and highly ascending, eucamptodromous venation; (c) morphotype 4 showing ovate shape, pinnate primary venation with basal agrophic, brochidodromous secondary venation and opposite percurrent tertiary venation; (d) morphotype 1 showing a compound leaf with pinnate primary venation, eucamptodromous secondaries, a stout petiole and a prominently acute base. Scale bar in all photographs is 1 cm.
