†Orites scleromorpha Jordan et al. 1998
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Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Full reference: G. J. Jordan, R. J. Carpenter, and R. S. Hill. 1998. The Macrofossil Record of Proteaceae in Tasmania: a Review with New Species. Australian Systematic Botany 11(4):465-501
Belongs to Orites according to G. J. Jordan et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Orites bivascularis, Orites excelsoides, Orites milliganoides, Orites truncata
Type specimen: Holotype: Lea 1554 stored in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania., a leaf. Its type locality is Lea River, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial siltstone in Australia.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Lea River
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