†Sphinxia Reid and Chandler 1933
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Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Parent taxon: Sterculiaceae according to H. N. Andrews 1970
See also Chandler 1961
Sister taxa: Brachychiton, Byttneriophyllum, Commersonia, Dombeya, Dombeyoxylon, Firmianites, Fremontia, Heritiera, Penosphyllum, Pterospermites, Pterospermoxylon, Pterospermum, Reevesia, Sezannella, Sterculinium, Sterculiocarpus, Sterculioxylon, Sterculioxylon, Sterculiphyllum, Tarrietioxylon, Triplochitioxylon
Subtaxa: Sphinxia ovalis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at The London Clay Flora - Herne Bay (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
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