†Ripogonum tasmanicum Conran et al. 2009
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Angiospermae - Liliales - Ripogonaceae
Full reference: J. G. Conran, R. J. Carpenter, and G. J. Jordan. 2009. Early Eocene Ripogonum (Liliales: Ripogonaceae) leaf macrofossils from southern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 22(3):219-228
Belongs to Ripogonum according to J. G. Conran et al. 2009
Sister taxon: Ripogonum americanum
Type specimen: Holotype: Specimen LR42 stored in the School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania., a leaf (Cuticle). Its type locality is Lowana Road - Macquarie Harbour, which is in an Eocene estuary/bay mudstone in the Macquarie Harbor Formation of Australia.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Lowana Road - Macquarie Harbour
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