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Banksia kingii

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Taxonomy
Banksia kingii was named by Jordan and Hill (1991). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is ME-001, a leaf.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. marginata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Banksia kingii Jordan and Hill pp. 505-508 figs. 10, 11, 14, 16. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyBrachyopidae
genusBanksia
specieskingii

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.

†Banksia kingii Jordan and Hill 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. J. Jordan and R. S. Hill 1991Leaves linear-obovate, bifacial, about 1 cm wide and 12 cm long, very thick, with thick revolute margins. Stomatiferous surface with secondary veins diverging at about 60° form the robust midrib, tertiary veins forming a prominent reticulate network. Apex very narrowly emarginate. Petiole 2-3 mm wide, about 2 mm thick, 4-6 mm long. Cuticle of non-stomatiferous surface with cells nearly isodiametric, 4-7 sided, irregularly arranged with porose walls, trichome bases of 1-4 rounded, slightly enlarged cells with thicker cuticle. Cuticle of stomatiferous surface with stomates in irregular-shaped, trichome-filled pits of width exceeding the distance between them and comprising the areoles between the lowest order veins. Cells between pits small, +- rhomboidal, with porose walls and almost all bearing a central trichome.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available