†Akania americana Romero and Hickey 1976
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Angiospermae - Brassicales - Akaniaceae
Full reference: E. J. Romero and L. J. Hickey. 1976. A fossil leaf of Akaniaceae from Paleocene beds in Argentina. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 103(3):126-131
Belongs to Akania according to E. J. Romero and L. J. Hickey 1976
Sister taxon: Akania patagonica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hunco, which is in a Paleocene/Eocene lacustrine delta front tuff in the La Huitrera Formation of Argentina
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Hunco
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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