Late Messinian Flora From The Post-Evaporitic Deposits Of The Piedmont Basin (Northwest Italy) Niccolini, Gabriele Martinetto, Edoardo Lanini, Benedetta Menichetti, Elena Fusco, Fabio Hakobyan, Elen Bertini, Adele Fossil Imprint 2022 2022-08-26 78 1 189 216 8VW75 D. ROYEN 1753 [1085,1229,440,464] Magnoliopsida Oleaceae Chionanthus Plantae Lamiales 13 202 Tracheophyta genus  Pl. 4, Fig. 9 M a t e r i a l. A fossil fruit remain, although heavily compressed, could possibly to belong to Oleaceae (KovarEder et al. 2006). R e m a r k s. The single fruit remain has a few characters, but due to the thick coat, straight seed chamber and basal attachment it seems to be compatible with a “pyrenarium of  Olea type” from the family Oleaceae ( Bobrov and Romanov 2019). However, the smooth external surface represents a contrasting feature not observed in extant Oleaceae( Chionanthus-included – ribbed pyrenarium) but allowed in two fossil-species from the European Miocene that were assigned to  Chionanthus( Gregor 1978). In our opinion all these fossils (Ciabòt Cagna included) would be better compared with the extant Oleaceaeto confirm assignment to this family.