†Todea amissa Carvalho et al. 2013 (fern)
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Full reference: M. R. Carvalho, P. Wilf, E. J. Hermsen, M. A. Gandolfo, N. R. Cúneo and K. R. Johnson. 2013. First record of Todea (Osmundaceae) in South America, from the early Eocene paleorainforests of Laguna del Hunco (Patagonia, Argentina). American Journal of Botany 100:1831-1848
Belongs to Todea according to M. R. Carvalho et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MPEF-Pb 5700 , a leaf (sterile and fertile pinnae). Its type locality is Tufolitas Laguna del Hunco, which is in an Eocene crater lake tuff in Argentina.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (10 collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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