Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae
Full reference: Y. J. Huang, Y. S. Liu, and Z. K. Zhou. 2013. Systematic descriptions, in First discovery of Cucubalus (Caryophyllaceae) fossil, and its biogeographical and ecological implications. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 190:41-47
Belongs to Cucubalus according to Y. J. Huang et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Cucubalus acaulis, Cucubalus aegyptiacus, Cucubalus baccifer, Cucubalus behen, Cucubalus catholicus, Cucubalus fabarius, Cucubalus otites, Cucubalus quadrifidus, Cucubalus reflexus, Cucubalus stellatus, Cucubalus tataricus, Cucubalus viscosus
Type specimen: Kunming Institute of Botany, FD 061, a seed/fruit. Its type locality is Fudong, Lanping (red claystone), which is in a Pliocene fluvial claystone in the Sanying Formation of China.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Fudong, Lanping (red claystone)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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