Angiospermae - Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Full reference: R. S. Hill. 1991. Tertiary Nothofagus (Fagaceae) macrofossils from Tasmania and Antarctica and their bearing on the evolution of the genus. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 105:73-112
Belongs to Nothofagus according to R. S. Hill 1991
Sister taxa: Nothofagus australis, Nothofagus beardmorensis, Nothofagus bulbosa, Nothofagus cethanica, Nothofagus cooksoni, Nothofagus crenulata, Nothofagus cretacea, Nothofagus densinervosa, Nothofagus elongata, Nothofagus glaucifolia, Nothofagus gunnii, Nothofagus lanceolata, Nothofagus lobata, Nothofagus magelhaenica, Nothofagus magellanica, Nothofagus maideni, Nothofagus microphylla, Nothofagus mucronata, Nothofagus obliqua, Nothofagus palustris, Nothofagus peduncularis, Nothofagus serrata, Nothofagus serrulata, Nothofagus simplicidens, Nothofagus tasmanica, Nothofagus ulmifolia, Nothofagus variabilis, Nothofagus zastawniakiae
Type specimen: LRR1-1378, a seed/fruit (Cupule). Its type locality is Little Rapid River 1, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-lacustrine mudstone in Australia.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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