Komlopteris cenozoicus McLoughlin et al. 2008

Gymnospermopsida - Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae

Full reference: S. McLoughlin, R. J. Carpenter, G. J. Jordan and R. S. Hill. 2008. Seed ferns survived the end-Cretaceous mass extinction in Tasmania. American Journal of Botany 95(4):465-471

Belongs to Komlopteris according to S. McLoughlin et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Holotype: Z3572, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart., a leaf. Its type locality is Lowana Road - Macquarie Harbour, which is in an Eocene estuary/bay mudstone in the Macquarie Harbor Formation of Australia.

Distribution: found only at Lowana Road - Macquarie Harbour

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