Angiospermae - Rosids - Moraceae
Full reference: A. Licht, A. Boura, and D. De Franceschi. 2014. Systematic descriptions, in Fossil woods from the late middle Eocene Pondaung Formation, Myanmar. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 202:29-46
Belongs to Ficoxylon according to A. Licht et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Ficoxylon blanckenhorni, Ficoxylon bohemicum, Ficoxylon cretaceum, Ficoxylon helictoxyloides
Type specimen: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, MNHN.F.40131.L1/3, L2/3 & L3/3, a wood. Its type locality is Mogaung 2, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Myanmar (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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