Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Full reference: R. J. Carpenter and R. S. Hill. 1988. Early Tertiary Lomatia (Proteaceae) macrofossils from Tasmania, Australia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 56(1-2):141-150
Belongs to Lomatia according to R. J. Carpenter and R. S. Hill 1988
Sister taxa: Lomatia abbreviata, Lomatia acutiloba, Lomatia interrupta, Lomatia microphylla, Lomatia novaezelandiae, Lomatia occidentalis, Lomatia patagonica, Lomatia preferruginea, Lomatia saportanea, Lomatia terminalis, Lomatia tripartita
Type specimen: Holotype: C-217, housed in the Botany Department, University of Tasmania., a leaf (Cuticle). 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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