Retrophyllum superstes Wilf et al. 2017 (podocarp)

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Full reference: P. Wilf, M. P. Donovan, N. R. Cuneo and M. A. Gandolfo. 2017. The fossil flip-leaves (Retrophyllum, Podocarpaceae) of southern South America. American Journal of Botany 104(9):1-26

Belongs to Retrophyllum according to E. Stiles et al. 2020

See also Wilf et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Retrophyllum australe, Retrophyllum spiralifolium

Type specimen: MPEF-Pb 8910, a sterile axis (Leafy twig). Its type locality is LefE , which is in a Maastrichtian/Paleocene deltaic mudstone/sandstone in the Lefipán Formation of Argentina.

Distribution: found only at LefE

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