This part of a fossilised fruit from the late Cenozoic age was originally described by F.V. Müller in 1871 as *Penteune clarkei*.

This object is part of the historical ‘Ettingshausen collection’, which is on permanent loan from the Institute of Biology, University of Graz. It is not currently on display.

**Specimen**: Isolated part of a coalified fruit segment

**Inventory number**: NHMW-GEO-2024/0188/10426

**Collection**: NHMW, Geology & Palaeontology Dept., Palaeobotany (curator: Chris Mays)

**Origin**: A ‘deep lead’ gold mine near Smythe’s Creek, SW of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Find out more about the NHM Vienna [here](http://nhm.at/en).

Scanned & edited by A.Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider 

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/).

Fossilised fruit (NHMW-GEO-2024-0188-10426)

This is a 3d model of a fossilised fruit originally described by F.V. Müller in 1871 as *Plesiocapparis prisca*. It dates back to the Cenozoic age.

This object is part of the historical ‘Ettingshausen collection’, which is on permanent loan from the Institute of Biology, University of Graz. It is not currently on display.

**Specimen**: Isolated coalified fruit, possibly with seeds preserved inside

**Inventory number**: NHMW-GEO-2024/0188/10422

**Collection**: NHMW, Geology & Palaeontology Dept., Palaeobotany (curator: Chris Mays)

**Origin**: A ‘deep lead’ gold mine near Haddon, SE of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Find out more about the NHM Vienna [here](http://nhm.at/en).

Scanned & edited by A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider 

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/).

Plesiocapparis prisca (NHMW-GEO-2024/0188/10422)

This is a fossilised fruit *Spondylostrobus smithii*. Fruits like this are extremely rare in the fossil record, especially since it has not undergone distortion during burial. It was recovered from sediments of middle Cenozoic age from the gold fields of Victoria (SE Australia) during the gold rush of the middle 1800s.

This object is part of the historical ‘Ettingshausen collection’, which is on permanent loan from the Institute of Biology, University of Graz. It is not currently on display.

**Specimen**: Coalified fruit with seeds preserved

**Inventory number**: NHMW-GEO-2024/0188/10405

**Collection**: NHMW, Geology & Palaeontology Dept., Palaeobotany (curator: Chris Mays)

**Origin**: near Haddon, southwest of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Find out more about the NHM Vienna [here](http://nhm.at/en).

Scanned and edited by A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider 

Contribution to the Kulturerbe digital (2nd Call) digitization project at the NHMW funded by the [BMWKMS](https://bmwkms.gv.at/)

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