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†Sphinxia Reid and Chandler 1933

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

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at The London Clay Flora - Herne Bay (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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