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Komlopteris cenozoicus
Taxonomy
Komlopteris cenozoicus was named by McLoughlin et al. (2008) [Other specimens: Z3567-Z3571 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.
]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: Z3572, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart., a leaf, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lowana Road - Macquarie Harbour, which is in an Eocene estuary/bay mudstone in the Macquarie Harbor Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Komlopteris cenozoicus McLoughlin et al. p. 466 figs. 1-17 |
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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.
†Komlopteris cenozoicus McLoughlin et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. McLoughlin et al. 2008 | Komlopteris with narrowly ovate to lanceolate pinnules, entire to slightly lobed margin. Midvein evanescing beyond pinnule midpoint; secondary veins at < 40 ° , separated by shallow furrow. Stomates mostly distributed on the abaxial leaf surface, sparse on the adaxial surface; variably arranged and orientated between veins. Guard cells deeply sunken; polar extensions to 10 μ m long; 4–7 subsidiary cells. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Eocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Komlopteris cenozoicus (type locality: 166741) |