Abstract
Based on a fossil fruit from the early Miocene strata of the Most Basin in Northern Bohemia (Czech Republic), a new species of the genus Halesia L. of the family Styracaceae is described as Halesia mosbruggeri Kvaček, sp. nov. The fossil occurrence of this genus, which today shows a disjunct distribution, adds a further evidence for the ancient connection between North America and Eurasia during the Neogene.
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My thanks are due to Angela Bruch, Dieter Uhl and Torsten Utescher who invited me to participate in this special issue and my successor at the Charles University, Jakub Sakala, who continuously helped me in the field and research, as well as to my son Jiří Kvaček, National Museum, Prague, who persuaded me to continue in research activities. Steven R. Manchester and Arata Momohara kindly suggested improvements of the first version of the manuscript.
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This research is financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (project no. PRVOUK P 44).
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Kvaček, Z. Halesia mosbruggeri Kvaček, sp. nov., a new fossil fruit of Halesia L. (Styracaceae) from the Bohemian Miocene (Czech Republic). Palaeobio Palaeoenv 101, 75–78 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-020-00463-y
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