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Smithtonia victoriensis

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Smithtonia victoriensis was named by Hill and Pole (1992) [Type locality. Anglesea, Victoria. Specimens examined. AM 4012-4017.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: AM 4012, housed in the Botany Department, University of Adelaide. Type locality. Anglesea, Victoria., a leaf (Cuticle), and it is a compression fossil.

Synonyms
  • Decussocarpus brownei was named by Greenwood (1987) [Type material and locality. Paratypes: 2345 (Fig. 12, cone-bearing shoot, cuticle preparation and pollen extracted from the cones all bear the same number), 2346, 2352, and 2353 (leafy shoots, Figs 10 and 11). Clay lens 70 m below ground level in the Demons Bluff Formation, 25 m above coal surface, south face of the new workings (1983) of the Alcoa Anglesea open-cut (Eastern View coal measures), Victoria, Australia.].

    It was replaced with Smithtonia victoriensis by Hill and Pole (1992).
  • Podocarpus brownei was named by Selling (1950). It is not extant.

    It was replaced with Decussocarpus brownei by Greenwood (1987).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Podocarpus brownei Selling
1987Decussocarpus brownei Greenwood p. 119 figs. 10-13, 16, 17
1992Smithtonia victoriensis Hill and Pole p. 356 figs. 18-21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyPodocarpaceaeEndlicher 1847
genusSmithtonia
speciesvictoriensis

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.

†Smithtonia victoriensis Hill and Pole 1992
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Invalid names: Decussocarpus brownei Greenwood 1987 [replaced]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Greenwood 1987 (Decussocarpus brownei)Leaves bilateral, narrowly ovate to broadly lanceolate, 5.7-11.0 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, subpetiolate to sessile, decurrent, unequally amphistomatic, stomata paratetracytic, lateral subsidiary cells poorly defined from other cells, polar subsidiary cells square, anticlinal walls of cells smooth.
R. S. Hill and M. S. Pole 1992Leaf length 5.7-11.0 mm, width 1.5-2.5 mm, 1ength:width 3.8-4.4:1, leaf apex rounded. Outer flange of the subsidiary cells well developed and very smooth.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Australia (Victoria) Decussocarpus brownei (166825)