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Diselma microfolius

Coniferales - Cupressaceae

Taxonomy
Diselma microfolius was named by Paull and Hill (2009). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: B-475 stored in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the University of Adelaide, South Australia., a sterile axis (Cuticle), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Balfour, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Diselma microfolius Paull and Hill p. 393 figs. 10 i-n

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyCupressaceae
subfamilyCallitroideaeSaxton 1913
genusDiselmaHooker 1857
speciesmicrofolius

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.

Diselma microfolius Paull and Hill 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Paull and R. S. Hill 2009Foliage branchlet tetragonal, leaves scalelike, decussate, elongate-lanceolate, overlapping, loosely imbricate, and tapering to a somewhat rounded apex, very small in size. Epistomatic. Few papillae associated with stomata on adaxial outer surface.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Australia (Tasmania) Diselma microfolius (type locality: 167684)