Nothofagus cethanica Hill 1984

Angiospermae - Fagales - Nothofagaceae

Full reference: R. S. Hill. 1984. Tertiary Nothofagus macrofossils from Cethana, Tasmania. Alcheringa 8(1):81-86

Belongs to Nothofagus according to R. S. Hill 1984

Sister taxa: Nothofagus australis, Nothofagus beardmorensis, Nothofagus bulbosa, Nothofagus cooksoni, Nothofagus crenulata, Nothofagus cretacea, Nothofagus densinervosa, Nothofagus elongata, Nothofagus glandularis, Nothofagus glaucifolia, Nothofagus gunnii, Nothofagus lanceolata, Nothofagus lobata, Nothofagus magelhaenica, Nothofagus magellanica, Nothofagus maideni, Nothofagus microphylla, Nothofagus mucronata, Nothofagus obliqua, Nothofagus palustris, Nothofagus peduncularis, Nothofagus serrata, Nothofagus serrulata, Nothofagus simplicidens, Nothofagus tasmanica, Nothofagus ulmifolia, Nothofagus variabilis, Nothofagus zastawniakiae

Type specimen: Holotype: Specimen UTGD122126, housed in the Geology Department, University of Tasmania., a leaf. 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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