Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Full reference: R. J. Carpenter and G. J. Jordan. 1997. Early Tertiary Macrofossils of Proteaceae from Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 10(4):533-563
Belongs to Banksieaephyllum according to R. J. Carpenter and G. J. Jordan 1997
Sister taxa: Banksieaephyllum angustum, Banksieaephyllum attenuatum, Banksieaephyllum cuneatum, Banksieaephyllum elongatus, Banksieaephyllum incisum, Banksieaephyllum linearis, Banksieaephyllum longifolium, Banksieaephyllum regularis, Banksieaephyllum taylorii, Banksieaephyllum westdaliense
Type specimen: Holotype: C-524 (the only specimen observed), stored in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania., a leaf (Cuticles). Its type locality is Cethana Dam, which is in an Oligocene lagoonal siltstone/sandstone in Australia.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Cethana Dam
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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