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Gymnostoma antiquum

Angiospermae - Fagales - Casuarinaceae

Taxonomy
Gymnostoma antiquum was named by Scriven and Hill (1995) [Type Locality: Lake Bungarby, (36°09'S, 149°08'E), south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Specimens examined: LB 83B, LB 124B, LB 159, LB 242-243, LB 247-248, LB 261-262, LB 266.]. It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: LB 271 / LB 272 (counterpart), infructescence, housed in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania., a seed/fruit (infructescence). Its type locality is Lake Bungarby, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial mudstone in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Gymnostoma antiquum Scriven and Hill p. 1046 figs. 6, 7,9-11, 13-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
Rosids
Eurosids
Fabid
orderFagales
familyCasuarinaceaeBrown 1814
genusGymnostomaJohnson 1980
speciesantiquum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Gymnostoma antiquum Scriven and Hill 1995
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. J. Scriven and R. S. Hill 1995Teeth acute and straight sided, lacking marginal papillae; one to two stomatal files in each of four bands; trichomes absent.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Australia (New South Wales) Gymnostoma antiquum (type locality: 166738)