Leaves of plants supposed to belong to the order proteaceae have been obtained partly from Oeningen and partly from the lacustrine formation of the same age at Locle in the Jura.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell
The nearest living proteaceae now feel the in Abyssinia in latitude 20 degrees N., but the greatest number are confined to the Cape and Australia.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell
It is a known fact that among the living proteaceae the cones are very firmly attached to the branches, so that the seeds drop out without the cone itself falling to the ground, and this may perhaps be the reason why, in some instances in which fossil seeds have been found, no traces of the cone have been observed.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell