Orites truncata Jordan 1995

Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae

Full reference: G. J. Jordan. 1995. Early Middle Pleistocene leaves of extinct and extant Proteaceae from western Tasmania, Australia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 118:19-35

Belongs to Orites according to G. J. Jordan 1995

Sister taxa: Orites bivascularis, Orites excelsoides, Orites milliganoides, Orites scleromorpha

Type specimen: RPU 560, a cuticle (leaf). Its type locality is Regatta Point Early/Middle Pleistocene, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene fluvial gravel in Australia.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Regatta Point Early/Middle Pleistocene

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