†Castanea claibornensis Berry 1914 (chestnut)
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Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Full reference: E. W. Berry. 1914. The Upper Cretaceous and Eocene floras of South Carolina and Georgia. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 84:1-200
Belongs to Castanea according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Berry 1914
Sister taxa: Castanea atavia, Castanea castaneaefolia, Castanea dolicophylla, Castanea fujiyamae, Castanea intermedia, Castanea protoantiqua, Castanea pulchella, Castanea pumila, Castanea sativa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Fiske property, which is in a Bartonian marine claystone in the McBean Formation of Georgia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Fiske property
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