†Hightea elliptica Bowerbank 1840 (mallow)
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Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae
Full reference: J. S. Bowerbank. 1840. A History of the Fossil Fruits & Seeds of the London Clay. 1-144
Belongs to Hightea according to Bowerbank 1840
See also Chandler 1961
Sister taxa: Hightea attenuata, Hightea elegans, Hightea fusiformis, Hightea inflata, Hightea minima, Hightea orbicularis, Hightea oviformis, Hightea turbinata, Hightea turgida
Type specimen: Its type locality is The London Clay Flora - Sheppey, which is in a Ypresian marginal marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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