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Bowenia eocenica
Taxonomy
Bowenia eocenica was named by Hill (1978) [Type locality: Anglesea, Vic.]. Its type specimen is Specimen number P 52689a-c, with two cuticle slides. It is housed in the National Museum of Victoria,, a leaf (Cuticles), and it is a compression fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Bowenia eocenica Hill p. 840 fig. 3 |
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†Bowenia eocenica Hill 1978
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. S. Hill 1978 | Pinnule margin serrate, with dichotomizing veins arising alternately from a central vein at the base and terminating in teeth. Numerous dichotomously branching veinlets arising from the veins. Pinnules amphistomatic, with stomates rare on the upper surface. Stomates normally with five subsidiary cells. Epidermal cells on upper and lower surface of pinnules normally with long axis parallel to veins, but occasional groups of cells scattered at random angles. No papillae present. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Eocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Bowenia eocenica (166977 167646 167648 167653 167655 167656 167658 167659 167664 167665) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Australia (Victoria) | Bowenia eocenica (166777) |