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Prumnopitys portensis

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Prumnopitys portensis was named by Pole (1992) [Referred specimens: SB156, SB186, S066, S067, S116-S124.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: S056, housed in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania., a leaf, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hasties, which is in an Eocene/Eocene fluvial mudstone/gravel in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Prumnopitys portensis Pole p. 448 figs. 45, 47,49, 66-73

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyPodocarpaceaeEndlicher 1847
genusPrumnopitysPhilippi 1860
speciesportensis

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Prumnopitys portensis Pole 1992
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Pole 1992Differs from all other species of Prumnopitys in being equally amphistomatic, with two stomatal zones on each side of leaf.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Australia (Tasmania) Prumnopitys portensis (type locality: 166978)