Dacrycarpus patulus Hill and Merrifield 1993 (podocarp)

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Full reference: R. S. Hill and H. E. Merrifield. 1993. An Early Tertiary macroflora from West Dale, southwestern Australia. Alcheringa 17(4):285-326

Belongs to Dacrycarpus according to R. S. Hill and H. E. Merrifield 1993

Sister taxa: Dacrycarpus acutifolius, Dacrycarpus arcuatus, Dacrycarpus carpenterii, Dacrycarpus crenulatus, Dacrycarpus cupressiformis, Dacrycarpus geminus, Dacrycarpus involutus, Dacrycarpus lanceolatus, Dacrycarpus latrobensis, Dacrycarpus linearis, Dacrycarpus linifolius, Dacrycarpus microfolius, Dacrycarpus mucronatus, Dacrycarpus praecupressinus

Type specimen: Holotype: WAM P.84.34 a, b, counterparts, stored in the Western Australian Museum., a leaf. Its type locality is West Dale, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene channel lag siltstone/sandstone in Australia.

Distribution: found only at West Dale

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