Angiospermae - Alismatales - Cymodoceaceae
Full reference: S. H. Lumbert, C. den Hartog, R. C. Phillips and F. S. Olsen. 1984. The occurrence of fossil seagrasses in the Avon Park Formation (Late middle Eocene), Levy County, Florida (U.S.A.). Aquatic Biology 20:121-129
Belongs to Thalassodendron according to S. H. Lumbert et al. 1984
Sister taxa: Thalassodendron ciliata, Thalassodendron pachyrhizum
Type specimen: no number listed, a leaf. Its type locality is Gulf Hammock Quarry, which is in an Eocene shallow subtidal dolomite in the Avon Park Formation of Florida.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Florida collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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