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Myrciophyllum
Taxonomy
Myrciophyllum was named by Engelhardt. It is not extant. Its type is Myrciophyllum ambiguaeoides.
It was assigned to Myrtaceae by Engelhardt (1891).
It was assigned to Myrtaceae by Engelhardt (1891).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1891 | Myrciophyllum Engelhardt |
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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.
G. †Myrciophyllum Engelhardt
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†Myrciophyllum ambiguaeoides Engelhardt 1891
†Myrciophyllum santacruzensis Zastawniak 1994
†Myrciophyllum tucumanensis Anzótegui 2002
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Engelhardt 1891 | Leaves simple, elliptic, obovate or oblong. Margins entire. Venation pinnate, brochidodromous or acrodromous with intramarginal veins. Scarce secondary veins (less than 12) regularly or irregularly spaced, unbranched; intersecondary veins compound or simple, admedially branched; tertiary veins admedially branched. Marginal ultimate venation looped (areolate). Vein thickness among different orders of venation easily recognizable. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 83.50000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian | Antarctica | M. santacrucensis, M. santacruzensis (150274) | |
| Middle Miocene | Argentina (Tucumán) | M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2, M. tucumanensis (138727) M. sp. 1, M. tucumanensis (137296) M. sp. 2, M. tucumanensis (138668) | |
| Middle Miocene | Argentina (Catamarca) | M. sp. 1, M. sp. 3 (138962) |