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Parafatsia subpeltata
Taxonomy
Parafatsia subpeltata was named by Blackburn (1981) [Type material and locality. Holotype, S- 1398, S-1397 (counterparts). Paratypes, S- 2360, S-2487. Housed in the South Australian State Herbarium (AD).
Clay lens, quarry exposure, North Maslin Sands, Maslin Bay, South Australia.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a compression fossil. It is the type species of Parafatsia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1981 | Parafatsia subpeltata Blackburn p. 21 figs. 10 A-D |
| 2006 | Parafatsia subpeltata Carpenter et al. p. 1051 figs. 1, 2, 4 A-F, 5 B-C |
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†Parafatsia subpeltata Blackburn 1981
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. T. Blackburn 1981 | Leaves reniform, deeply palmatirid. Lobes 7-11, narrow elliptic with acute apices. Stomates with thinned cuticle above subsidiary cells. Hair bases on lower epidermis with 4(-6) supporting cells. Hair bases of upper epidermis large, with 4-9 supporting ceils. | |
| R. J. Carpenter et al. 2006 | Leaves deeply lobed, toothed, peltate. Lobes narrow elliptic with acute apices. Leaf cuticle surface prominently striated. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Kiessling 2009 | |||||
Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Eocene | Australia (South Australia) | Parafatsia subpeltata (166784) |