Huncocladus Andruchow-Colombo et al. 2019 (podocarp)

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Full reference: A. Andruchow-Colombo, P. Wilf, and I. H. Escapa. 2019. A South American fossil relative of Phyllocladus: Huncocladus laubenfelsii gen. et sp. nov. (Podocarpaceae), from the early Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, Patagonia, Argentina. Australian Systematic Botany 32:290-309

Parent taxon: Podocarpaceae according to A. Andruchow-Colombo et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Acmopyle, Apterocladus, Bellarinea, Callialasporites, Coronelia, Cuneatisporites, Dacrycarpidites, Dacrycarpites, Dacrycarpus, Dacrydioxylon, Dacrydium, Dacrydiumites, Decussocarpus, Elatocladus, Falcatifolium, Gamerroites, Halocarpus, Kakahuia, Kirketapel, Lagarostrobos, Lepidothamnus, Lygistepollenites, Matia, Mesembrioxylon, Mesibovia, Microalatidites, Microcachrydites, Microcachryidites, Microcachrys, Microstrobos, Minetaxites, Morenoa, Mumu, Nothodacrium, Parvisaccites, Peuce, Phrixipollenites, Phyllocladidites, Phyllocladoxylon, Phyllocladus, Platysaccus, Podocarpidites, Podocarpoovulites, Podocarpoxylon, Podocarpus, Podosporites, Podozamites, Prumnopitys, Retrophyllum, Rissikia, Saxegothopsis, Sigmaphyllum, Smithtonia, Sphaerostrobus, Triasococladus, Trisaccites, Willungia

Subtaxa: Huncocladus laubenfelsii

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Type: Huncocladus laubenfelsii

Distribution: found only at Laguna del Hunco: quarry LH27 (Eocene of Argentina)

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