†Earina fouldenensis Conran et al. 2009 (orchid)
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Angiospermae - Asparagales - Orchidaceae
Full reference: J. G. Conran, J. M. Bannister, and D. E. Lee. 2009. Earliest orchid macrofossils: early Miocene Dendrobium and Earina (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) from New Zealand. American Journal of Botany (96)466-474
Belongs to Earina according to J. G. Conran et al. 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Foulden maar (I43/f8503), which is in an Aquitanian crater lake diatomite in the Foulden Hills Diatomite Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Foulden maar (I43/f8503)
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