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Dacrydium waimumuensis
Taxonomy
Dacrydium waimumuensis was named by Jordan et al. (2011). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is OU33025, a cuticle, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is F45/f0394, middle Gore Lignite Measure, Newvale Mine, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene mire/swamp lignite in New Zealand.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Dacrydium waimumuensis Jordan et al. pp. 128-130 figs. 4A-F |
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†Dacrydium waimumuensis Jordan et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. J. Jordan et al. 2011 | Leaves spirally arranged, widely spreading at the base, but strongly incurved towards the apex, 6 mm long, closely packed, awl-shaped. Leaves apparently epistomatic. Stomata paratetracytic, aligned parallel to the vein, in 4 rows on each side of the vein. Polar subsidiary cells locally shared between adjacent stomata. Polar cuticular extensions well developed. Epidermal -cell anticlinal- wall cuticle with small but distinct alternating buttresses. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 27.30000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | New Zealand (Southland) | Dacrydium waimumuensis (type locality: 169981) |