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Libocedrus acutifolius
Taxonomy
Libocedrus acutifolius was named by Whang and Hill (1999) [Type locality: Lake Bungarby, (36°09'S, 149°08'E), south-eastern New South Wales.
Collectors: Greg Jordan, Graham Taylor and Leanne Dansie.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: LB-217, housed in the Department of Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide., a sterile axis (Cuticle), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lake Bungarby, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial mudstone in Australia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Libocedrus acutifolius Whang and Hill p. 248 figs. 5–-8 |
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†Libocedrus acutifolius Whang and Hill 1999
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. S. Whang and R. S. Hill 1999 | Bilaterally flattened leaves spreading, acute; indentations for papillae absent from inner cuticular surface. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
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 Paleocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Libocedrus acutifolius (type locality: 166738) |