Angiospermae - Malvales - Dipterocarpaceae
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 Shoreoxylon according to A. Licht et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Shoreoxylon arcotense, Shoreoxylon burmense, Shoreoxylon deomaliense, Shoreoxylon evidens, Shoreoxylon indicum, Shoreoxylon kraeuselii, Shoreoxylon mahurzarii, Shoreoxylon palembangense, Shoreoxylon robustoides, Shoreoxylon sahnii, Shoreoxylon siwalicus, Shoreoxylon tipamense
Type specimen: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, MNHN.F.40122.L1/3, L2/3 & L3/3, a wood. Its type locality is Pangan 1, 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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