Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Full reference: T. Su and Z. K. Zhou. 2016. Systematic descriptions, in A Miocene leaf fossil record of Rosa (R. fortuita n. sp.) from its modern diversity center in SW China. Palaeoworld 25(1):104-115
Belongs to Rosa according to T. Su and Z. K. Zhou 2016
Sister taxa: Rosa alba, Rosa canina, Rosa carolina, Rosa centifolia, Rosa cinnamomea, Rosa eglanteria, Rosa gallica, Rosa hilliae, Rosa indica, Rosa inquirenda, Rosa macrophylla, Rosa mariae, Rosa miocenica, Rosa packardae, Rosa pendulina, Rosa ruskiniana, Rosa scudderi, Rosa sempervirens, Rosa spinosissima, Rosa villosa, Rosa webbiana, Rosa wilmattae
Type specimen: Kunming Institute of Botany, PC2014005, a leaf. Its type locality is Dashidong, Wenshan (shale unit), which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large shale in the Xiaolongtan Formation of China.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Dashidong, Wenshan (shale unit)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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