“…Closer examination of latex filaments in E. eocenica compressions was prompted by the superficial similarity of the latex meshwork to the larger, much coarser hair-like masses of fossil rubber strands found in Eocene brown coals of central Europe (Hartig, 1848;Kindscher, 1924;Beck-Mannagetta, 1964), referred to colloquially as ''Affenhaar'' (ape hair) (Kindscher, 1924;Jurasky, 1928Jurasky, , 1930. Closer examination of latex filaments in E. eocenica compressions was prompted by the superficial similarity of the latex meshwork to the larger, much coarser hair-like masses of fossil rubber strands found in Eocene brown coals of central Europe (Hartig, 1848;Kindscher, 1924;Beck-Mannagetta, 1964), referred to colloquially as ''Affenhaar'' (ape hair) (Kindscher, 1924;Jurasky, 1928Jurasky, , 1930.…”