Winteroxylon oleiferum Brea et al. 2021 (magnoliids)

Angiospermae - Canellales - Winteraceae

Full reference: M. Brea, A. Iglesias, P. Wilf, E. Moya, and M. A. Gandolfo. 2021. First South American Record of Winteroxylon, Eocene of Laguna del Hunco (Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina): New Link to Australasia and Malesia. International Journal of Plant Sciences 182(3):185-197

Belongs to Winteroxylon according to M. Brea et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPEF-Pb 3997, a wood. Its type locality is Laguna del Hunco (Huitrera Formation), which is in a Ypresian crater lake siliciclastic in the Huitrera Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Laguna del Hunco (Huitrera Formation)

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