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Fitzroya tasmanensis
Taxonomy
Fitzroya tasmanensis was named by Hill and Whang (1996) [Specimens Examined: LEA-1541, 1800, 1845, 1867-1870, 1883, 2360, 2361, 2747, 2749]. Its type specimen is Holotype: LEA-2747, housed in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, a sterile axis (Leafly twigs with cuticles), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lea River, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial siltstone in Australia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Fitzroya tasmanensis Hill and Whang p. 872 figs. 1 - 3, 6, 10, 12, 13 |
| 2003 | Fitzroya tasmanensis Hill and Paull |
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†Fitzroya tasmanensis Hill and Whang 1996
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. S. Hill and S. S. Whang 1996 | Leaves tapering uniformly from base to an acute apex; stomata randomly oriented. | |
| R. S. Hill and R. Paull 2003 | Leaves tapering uniformly from base to an acute apex, leaf length highly variable, 1.0-4.2 mm. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Fitzroya tasmanensis (type locality: 166597) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Fitzroya tasmanensis (167684) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Fitzroya tasmanensis (169245) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Fitzroya tasmanensis (167314) |