†Eophylica priscastellata Shi et al. 2022 (buckthorn)
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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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