Libocedrus obtusifolius Whang and Hill 1999 (cypress)

Coniferales - Cupressaceae

Full reference: S. S. Whang and R. S. Hill. 1999. Late Palaeocene Cupressaceae Macrofossils at Lake Bungarby, New South Wales. Australian Systematic Botany 12(2):241-254

Belongs to Libocedrus according to S. S. Whang and R. S. Hill 1999

Sister taxa: Libocedrus acutifolius, Libocedrus adpressa, Libocedrus balfourensis, Libocedrus coloradensis, Libocedrus jacksonii, Libocedrus lantenoisi, Libocedrus leaensis, Libocedrus mesibovii, Libocedrus microformis, Libocedrus morrisonii, Libocedrus praedecurrens

Type specimen: Holotype: LB-075, housed in the Department of Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide., a sterile axis (Cuticle). Its type locality is Lake Bungarby, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial mudstone in Australia.

Distribution: found only at Lake Bungarby

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