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Rhodomyrtus australis
Taxonomy
Rhodomyrtus australis was named by Hill and Merrifield (1993) [Holotype, only specimen observed.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: WAM P.88.86A, stored in the Western Australian Museum., a leaf, and it is an impression. Its type locality is West Dale, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene channel lag siltstone/sandstone in Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1993 | Rhodomyrtus australis Hill and Merrifield p. 317 figs. 7A, C-E |
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†Rhodomyrtus australis Hill and Merrifield 1993
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. S. Hill and H. E. Merrifield 1993 | Leaf about 11 cm long, about 3.7 cm wide, venation perfect suprabasal acrodromous. Stomates restricted to one leaf surface. On stomatiferous surface stomates arranged at random, with two or three large subsidiary cells in an anomocytic arrangement, superficial, almost always plugged. Epidermal cells over veins straight walled, very long and narrow. Unicellular trichome bases, with the basal cell being embedded in the epidermis, but the base clearly extending over surrounding cells are common on stomatiferous surface and over veins on non-stomatiferous surface. Trichomes not preserved. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Kiessling 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Oligocene or 47.80000 to 23.03000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Eocene - Oligocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Rhodomyrtus australis (type locality: 167545) |