Angiospermae - Fagales - Casuarinaceae
Full reference: G. Guerin and R. S. Hill. 2003. Gymnostoma tasmanianum sp. nov., a fossil Casuarinaceae from the Early Oligocene of Little Rapid River, Tasmania, Australia. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164(4):629-634
Belongs to Gymnostoma according to G. Guerin and R. S. Hill 2003
Sister taxon: Gymnostoma antiquum
Type specimen: Holotype. LRR2 154, housed in the Department of Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide., a fertile axis. 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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