FIGURE 23. Claiborne Fagaceae Fruit Type 5 in Fruits, seeds and flowers from the Puryear clay pit (middle Eocene Cockfield Formation), western Tennessee, USA

FIGURE 23. Claiborne Fagaceae Fruit Type 5: 1) UF15820-004015, fruit showing branched spines (indicated by arrows); 2) UF15820-004025, fruit showing two superimposed valves with clay filled in between them (indicated by lower left arrows) and branching and intertwining spines (indicated by top arrow); 3) UF15820- 032853, fruit showing valves with distal portions of spines missing and only proximal web-like valve preserved (indicated by arrow). All scale bars equal 3 mm.