Falcatifolium eocenica Hill and Scriven 1999 (podocarp)

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Synonym: Dacrycarpus eocenica Greenwood 1987 [objective synonym]

Full reference: R. S. Hill and L. J. Scriven. 1999. Falcatifolium (Podocarpaceae) Macrofossils from Paleogene Sediments in South-eastern Australia: a Reassessment. Australian Systematic Botany 11(6):711-720

Belongs to Falcatifolium according to R. S. Hill and L. J. Scriven 1999

See also Greenwood 1987

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Falcatifolium eocenica: Holotype: 2350, 2351., a sterile axis (Cuticle). Its type locality is ALCOA Anglesea Site II coal mine, which is in an Eocene channel mudstone/sandstone in the Demon Bluff Formation of Australia.
  • Dacrycarpus eocenica: Holotype: 2351 and 2350, is housed in the State Herbarium of South Australia., a sterile axis. Its type locality is ALCOA Anglesea Site II coal mine, which is in an Eocene channel mudstone/sandstone in the Demon Bluff Formation of Australia.

Distribution: found only at ALCOA Anglesea Site II coal mine

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