Austrosequoia tasmanica Hill et al. 1993 (conifer)

Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxodiaceae

Full reference: R. S. Hill, G. J. Jordan, and R. J. Carpenter. 1993. Taxodiaceous Macrofossils from Tertiary and Quaternary Sediments in Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 6(3):237-249

Belongs to Austrosequoia according to R. S. Hill et al. 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Holotype: LRR1-1076, stored in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania. (Leafly twigs with cuticles). Its type locality is Little Rapid River 1, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-lacustrine mudstone in Australia.

Distribution: found only at Little Rapid River 1

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