Smithtonia jonesii Hill and Pole 1992 (podocarp)

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Full reference: R. S. Hill and M. S. Pole. 1992. Leaf and Shoot Morphology of Extant Afrocarpus, Nageia and Retrophyllum (Podocarpaceae) Species, and Species with Similar Leaf Arrangement, from Tertiary Sediments in Australasia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(3):337-358

Belongs to Smithtonia according to M. Pole 1992

See also Hill and Pole 1992

Sister taxa: Smithtonia lanceolata, Smithtonia victoriensis

Type specimen: Holotype. LRR2-1311, housed in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania., a leaf (Cuticle). Its type locality is Little Rapid River 2, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in Australia.

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Eocene of Australia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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