Oncoba variabilis Bowerbank 1840

Angiospermae - Violales - Flacourtiaceae

Alternative combination: Cucumites variabilis

Full reference: J. S. Bowerbank. 1840. A History of the Fossil Fruits & Seeds of the London Clay. 1-144

Belongs to Oncoba according to M. E. J. Chandler 1964

See also Bowerbank 1840 and Chandler 1961

Sister taxon: Oncoba rugosa

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 Germany (3 collections), the United Kingdom (3)

• Paleocene of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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