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Euproteaciphyllum amphistomaticum
Taxonomy
Euproteaciphyllum amphistomaticum was named by Carpenter et al. (2012) [Additional specimens: OU32057, OU32060, OU32062, OU32063, plus other material on slides and SEM stubs retrieved from dispersed cuticle preparations, University of Adelaide.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: OU32064, Geology Museum, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ, a leaf (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 |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Euproteaciphyllum amphistomaticum Carpenter et al. p. 385 figs. 6 A-D |
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†Euproteaciphyllum amphistomaticum Carpenter et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. J. Carpenter et al. 2012 | Fossil foliage, in some cases toothed. Stomata abundant on both leaf surfaces, unequally amphistomatic. Stomata aligned more or less parallel. Trichome bases associated with mostly one, but up to four epidermal cells, abundant on both leaf surfaces. |
Measurements
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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 |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | New Zealand (Southland) | Euproteaciphyllum amphistomaticum (type locality: 169981) |