Angiospermae - Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Full reference: I. Poole, R. J. Hunt, and D. J. Cantrill. 2001. A fossil wood flora from King George Island: ecological implications for an Antarctic Eocene vegetation. Annals of Botany 88(1):33-54
Belongs to Nothofagoxylon according to I. Poole et al. 2001
See also Pujana et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Nothofagoxylon menendezii, Nothofagoxylon paraprocera, Nothofagoxylon scalariforme, Nothofagoxylon triseriatum
Type specimen: P. 3023.9, a wood. Its type locality is Collins Glacier Flora, King George Island, which is in an Eocene terrestrial claystone in the Fildes Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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