†Toona sulcata Bowerbank 1840 (mahogany)
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Angiospermae - Sapindales - Meliaceae
Alternative combinations: Cupressinites sulcatus, Solenostrobus sulcatus
Full reference: J. S. Bowerbank. 1840. A History of the Fossil Fruits & Seeds of the London Clay. 1-144
Belongs to Toona according to M. E. J. Chandler 1961
See also Bowerbank 1840 and Ettinghausen 1880
Sister taxa: Toona australis, Toona siwalica
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 (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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