Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae

Full reference: E. Estrada-Ruiz, H. I. Martínez-Cabrera, and S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz. 2010. Upper Cretaceous woods from the Olmos Formation (late Campanian–early Maastrichtian), Coahuila, Mexico. American Journal of Botany 97(7):1179-1194

Parent taxon: Malvaceae according to E. Estrada-Ruiz et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Abutilon, Apeiba, Aristotelicaulon, Bombaciphyllum, Bombacoxylon, Daberocarpon, Discoidites, Dombeyoideae, Firmiana, Guazuma, Heritieroxylon, Hibiscoxylon, Hibiscus, Hightea, Luehea, Malva, Malvacarpus, Malvacearumpollis, Malvaciphyllum, Malvastrum, Malvocarpon, Manihotites, Mortoniodendron, Sterculia, Sterculites, Urena, Wataria

Subtaxa: Wheeleroxylon atascosense

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Type: Wheeleroxylon atascosense

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Atascoso Ranch (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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