Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ebenaceae
Full reference: F. H. Knowlton. 1899. Fossil Flora of the Yellowstone National Park. USGS Monograph Series 32(2)
Belongs to Diospyros according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Knowlton 1899
Sister taxa: Diospyros alaskana, Diospyros ambigua, Diospyros amboyensis, Diospyros anceps, Diospyros andersonae, Diospyros apiculata, Diospyros brachysepala, Diospyros celastroides, Diospyros darwajensis, Diospyros elliptica, Diospyros embryopterisites, Diospyros eminens, Diospyros ficoidea, Diospyros foliosa, Diospyros headonensis, Diospyros hexaphylla, Diospyros judithae, Diospyros kathgodamensis, Diospyros koilabasensis, Diospyros lamarensis, Diospyros leei, Diospyros lesquereuxi, Diospyros microcalyx, Diospyros microphylla, Diospyros miocenicus, Diospyros miokaki, Diospyros nainitalensis, Diospyros nebraskana, Diospyros nitida, Diospyros obtusata, Diospyros palaeoebenum, Diospyros palaeoeriantha, Diospyros pretoposia, Diospyros primaeva, Diospyros prodromus, Diospyros provecta, Diospyros pseudoanceps, Diospyros purniyagiriensis, Diospyros raritanensis, Diospyros retinervis, Diospyros rotundifolia, Diospyros rotundifolius, Diospyros steenstrupi, Diospyros stenosepala, Diospyros vancouverensis, Diospyros vera, Diospyros virginiana, Diospyros wilcoxiana
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Yellowstone River, half a mile below mouth of Elk Creek (Eocene of Wyoming)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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