Araucaria readiae Hill and Bigwood 1987

Equisetopsida - Pinidae - Pinidae

Full reference: R. S. Hill and A. J. Bigwood. 1987. Tertiary gymnosperms from Tasmania: Araucariaceae. Alcheringa 11(4):325-335

Belongs to Araucaria according to R. S. Hill and A. J. Bigwood 1987

See also Hill 1990

Sister taxa: Araucaria annulata, Araucaria balcombensis, Araucaria bladenensis, Araucaria clarkii, Araucaria darlingtonensis, Araucaria fimbriatus, Araucaria grandifolia, Araucaria hastiensis, Araucaria hatcheri, Araucaria jeffreyi, Araucaria lefipanensis, Araucaria lignitici, Araucaria longifolia, Araucaria marensii, Araucaria marylandica, Araucaria megastrobilii, Araucaria nathorsti, Araucaria obtusifolia, Araucaria planus, Araucaria podocarpoides, Araucaria prominens, Araucaria spatulata, Araucaria taeriensis, Araucaria uncinatus, Araucaria zamioides

Type specimen: RPE-045, housed in the Botany Department, University of Tasmania., a sterile axis (Cuticle). Its type locality is Regatta Point Eocene, which is in an Eocene fluvial-deltaic mudstone/sandstone in Australia.

Distribution: found only at Regatta Point Eocene

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