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Oxylobium pungens
Taxonomy
Oxylobium pungens was named by Jordan (1997). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is RPU 573, a cuticle. Its type locality is Regatta Point - Early Pleistocene, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Oxylobium pungens Jordan pp. 61-62 fig. 52,53,55,57 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Oxylobium pungens Jordan 1997
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. J. Jordan 1997 | Leaves cruciate with pungent lobes, apical lobe longer than lateral lobes. Venation reticulate apart from midrib and single secondary veins leading to lateral lobes. Cuticle of stomatiferous surface without papillae, stomata not obscured by cutin lobes, two to four unevenly sized subsidiary cells. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Oxylobium pungens (type locality: 166707) |