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Libocedrus obtusifolius

Coniferales - Cupressaceae

Taxonomy
Libocedrus obtusifolius 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-075, 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
YearName and author
1999Libocedrus obtusifolius Whang and Hill p. 248 figs. 9–-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyCupressaceae
subfamilyCallitroideaeSaxton 1913
genusLibocedrusEndlicher 1847
speciesobtusifolius

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.

Libocedrus obtusifolius Whang and Hill 1999
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. S. Whang and R. S. Hill 1999Bilaterally flattened leaves rounded, margin indistinct, apex obtuse; polar extensions of guard cells long and broad.
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 Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Australia (New South Wales) Libocedrus obtusifolius (type locality: 166738)