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Nypa australis
Taxonomy
Nypa australis was named by Pole and Macphail (1996) [Referred specimens: SB616, SB638, SB1047. A cuticle from holotype mounted on SEM stub S466.
Type locality: Regatta Point, Macquarie harbour, Tasmania.
Stratigraphic horizon: Uppermost Lower Eocene.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: SB638, stored in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania., a cuticle, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Regatta Point - Railway Cutting, which is in an Eocene fluvial-deltaic mudstone/sandstone in Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Nypa australis Pole and Macphail p. 59 figs. Plate II, 1-3, Plate III, 1,3; Plate IV, 1,3,5. |
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†Nypa australis Pole and Macphail 1996
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. S. Pole and M. K. Macphail 1996 | Differs from Nypa fruticans in the character of the frond cuticle, in which the stomates are raised (rather then depressed), and less numerous. |
Measurements
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Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Eocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Nypa australis (type locality: 167646) |