†Astelia antiquua Maciunas et al. 2011
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Angiospermae - Asparagales - Asteliaceae
Full reference: E. Maciunas, J. G. Conran, J. M. Bannister, R. Paull, and D. E. Lee. 2011. Miocene Astelia (Asparagales: Asteliaceae) macrofossils from southern New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany (24)19-31
Belongs to Astelia according to E. Maciunas et al. 2011
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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