†Camelliacarpoidea Collinson et al. 2012 (tea)
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Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Theaceae
Full reference: M. E. Collinson, S. R. Manchester, and V. Wilde. 2012. Fossil Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Messel biota, Germany. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Gesellschaft Naturforschenden 570:1-249
Parent taxon: Theaceae according to M. E. Collinson et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Actinidia, Eurya, Gordonia, Hordwellia, Paraternstroemia, Schimoxylon, Taonabeae, Ternstroemia, Tetrameristoxylon, Theeae
Subtaxa: Camelliacarpoidea messelensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Messel (Eocene of Germany)
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