Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Full reference: M. Takahashi, P. S. Herendeen, and P. R. Crane. 2001. Lauraceous fossil flower from the Kamikitaba locality (Lower Coniacian; Upper Cretaceous) in northeastern Japan. Journal of Plant Reasearch 114:429-434
Parent taxon: Lauraceae according to M. Takahashi et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Actinodaphne, Alseodaphne, Bandulskaia, Beilschmiedia, Benzoin, Cinnamomum, Crowella, Cryptocarya, Cryptocaryoides, Daphnogene, Daphnophyllum, Diemenia, Goeppertia, Lauraceaephyllum, Lauraceophylloderma, Laurinastrum, Laurinoxylon, Laurocalyx, Laurocarpum, Laurophyllites, Laurophyllum, Laurus, Lindera, Litsaeophyllum, Litsea, Litseaphyllum, Litseopsis, Machilus, Machilusoxylon, Malapoenna, Marmarthia, Mauldinia, Mespilodaphne, Mezilaurinoxylon, Michilus, Nectandra, Nectandrophyllum, Neocinnamomum, Neolitsea, Nothaphoebe, Ocotea, Ocoteoxylon, Oreodaphne, Persea, Perseanthus, Perseoxylon, Persites, Phoebe, Piliparicutis, Potomacanthus, Protoravensara, Sassafras, Sassafrophyllum, Trianthera, Ulminium, Umbellularia
Subtaxa: Lauranthus futabensis
Type: Lauranthus futabensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Kamikitaba Assemblage (Cretaceous of Japan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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