†Neolitsea lata MacGinitie 1941 (laurel)
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Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Full reference: H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178
Belongs to Neolitsea according to H. D. MacGinitie 1941
Sister taxon: Neolitsea sahnii
Type specimen: U.C. Mus. Pal. Paleobot. Ser. cotypes nos. 2208, 2209. Its type locality is UCMP loc. P3320, Buckeye Flat, which is in an Eocene floodplain claystone in California.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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