Abstract
The Belgian locality of Dormaal is famous for the diversity of its vertebrate faunas that illustrate part of the biota at the Palaeocene–Eocene transition in northwest Europe, 55 million years ago. This paper completes the palaeoenvironmental information with the description of fruits and seeds collected at Dormaal in the same layers as the vertebrates. Fleshy fruits, drupes and berries produced by climbing plants, especially woody lianas, (Menispermaceae, Vitaceae and Icacinaceae), are well represented. The assemblage includes also aquatic plants (Lythraceae) and trees or shrubs (Nyssaceae, ?Theaceae and ?Ericaceae). Reconstruction of the local environment confirms the analysis made from the vertebrates, and indicates the presence of a channel in a densely wooded area with a warm–humid to subtropical climate.
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