Wetherellia dixoni Carruthers 1878 (spurge)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae

Alternative combination: Carpolithes dixoni

Belongs to Wetherellia according to S. J. Mazer and B. H. Tiffney 1982

See also Chandler 1961

Sister taxa: Wetherellia marylandica, Wetherellia variabilis

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Whitecliff Bay Cuisian Beds (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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