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Laurophyllum chubutensis
Taxonomy
Laurophyllum chubutensis was named by Berry (1937). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type locality is Cerro Funes, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial claystone in Argentina.
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1937 | Laurophyllum chubutensis Berry p. 48 figs. Plate IX, 3, 4 |
| 2020 | Laurophyllum chubutensis Stiles et al. |
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†Laurophyllum chubutensis Berry 1937
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E. W. Berry 1937 | Leaves small, lanceolate, slightly falcate, widest medianly and with about equally acuminate tip and base. Margins entire, inclined to be undulate. Texture coriaceous or subcoriaceous, length about 7 cm. Maximum width about 1.6 cm. Petiole stout, its length unknown. Midvein stout, prominent, usually curved. Secondaries stout, prominent, about 7 pairs diverge from the midvein at angles of less than 45°, ascend in sweeping curves and are ultimately camptodrome. Tertiaries obsolete. |