Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Alternative combinations: Petrophiloides richardsoni, Petrophiloides richardsonii
Full reference: J. S. Bowerbank. 1840. A History of the Fossil Fruits & Seeds of the London Clay. 1-144
Belongs to Platycarya according to M. E. J. Chandler 1964
See also Bowerbank 1840, Chandler 1961 and Ettinghausen 1880
Sister taxa: Platycarya americana, Platycarya platycaryoides, Platycarya pseudoplatycaryoides
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 (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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