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Nothofagus beardmorensis

Angiospermae - Fagales - Nothofagaceae

Taxonomy
Nothofagus beardmorensis was named by Hill et al. (1996). Its type specimen is USNM 486747, a leaf, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oliver Bluffs, which is in a Miocene fine channel fill siltstone/sandstone in the Meyer Desert Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. alessandrii, N. brassii, N. cunninghamii, N. fusca, N. johnstonii, N. menziesii, N. neuquense, N. scalariforme, N. subferruginea, N. varibilis, N. waipavensis
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2019-05-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2020-12-04

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Nothofagus beardmorensis Hill et al. p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
—Rosids
—Eurosids
—Fabid
orderFagales
familyNothofagaceae
genusNothofagus
speciesbeardmorensis

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.

†Nothofagus beardmorensis Hill et al. 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available