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Eucryphia mucronata

Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae

Taxonomy
Eucryphia mucronata was named by Barnes and Jordan (2000) [Type Locality: Early Oligocene sediments at Wilson’s Creek, near Tarraleah, central Tasmania.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: WC-33, stored in the School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania. and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Wilson's Creek, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene terrestrial siltstone/sandstone in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Eucryphia mucronata Barnes and Jordan p. 389 fig. 24–31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderOxalidalesvon Berchtold and Presl 1820
familyCunoniaceaeBrown 1814
genusEucryphiaCavanilles 1798
speciesmucronata

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Eucryphia mucronata Barnes and Jordan 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. W. Barnes and G. J. Jordan 2000Leaf, base acute. Margins irregularly serrate, tooth apices distinctly mucronate. Well-developed abaxial peltiform cuticular extensions. Abaxial veins, midrib and margins pubescent, hair bases simple, unicellular.
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: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.20000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4Australia (Tasmania) Eucryphia mucronata (type locality: 167548)