Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Full reference: D. C. Christophel, L. J. Scriven, and D. R. Greenwood. 1992. An Eocene Megafossil Flora from Nelly Creek, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 116(2):65-76
Belongs to Myrtaciphyllum according to D. C. Christophel et al. 1992
Sister taxa: Myrtaciphyllum annulatum, Myrtaciphyllum brochidromum, Myrtaciphyllum douglasii, Myrtaciphyllum pleistocenicum, Myrtaciphyllum sinuatum, Myrtaciphyllum striatum, Myrtaciphyllum undulatum, Myrtaciphyllum westdaliense
Type specimen: Holotype: NC 1017, housed in the Palaeobotany Collection, Botany Department, Adelaide University., a leaf (Cuticle). Its type locality is Nelly Creek, which is in an Eocene floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Eyre Formation of Australia.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Nelly Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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