†Castanea protoantiqua Suzuki 1976 (chestnut)
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Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Full reference: M. Suzuki. 1976. Some fossil woods from the Palaeogene of Northern Kyushu. The Botanical Magazine 89:59-71
Belongs to Castanea according to M. Suzuki 1976
Sister taxa: Castanea atavia, Castanea castaneaefolia, Castanea claibornensis, Castanea dolicophylla, Castanea fujiyamae, Castanea intermedia, Castanea pulchella, Castanea pumila, Castanea sativa
Type specimen: Laboratory of Phylogenetic Botany, Chiba University, No. 71188, a wood. Its type locality is Koinoura, Tsuyazaki, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial tuff in the Tsuyazaki Formation of Japan.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Koinoura, Tsuyazaki
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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