Banksieaephyllum orientalis Carpenter and Jordan 1997

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

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