Sigmaphyllum tasmanensis Hill and Scriven 1999 (podocarp)

Gymnospermae - Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

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 Sigmaphyllum according to R. S. Hill and L. J. Scriven 1999

Sister taxon: Sigmaphyllum australis

Type specimen: Holotype: LRR2-3139, housed in the School 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.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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