Eophylica priscastellata Shi et al. 2022 (buckthorn)

Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae

Full reference: C. Shi, S. Wang, and M. S. Engel. 2022. Systematic palaeontology, in Fire-prone Rhamnaceae with South African affinities in Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Nature Plants 8:125-135

Belongs to Eophylica according to C. Shi et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Qingdao University of Science and Technology, QUST-AM32413, a flower. Its type locality is Tanaing Amber Mine, Hukawng Valley, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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