Firmianites Cockerell 1909

Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Eocene fossils from Green River, Wyoming. American Journal of Science, Series 4 28:447-448

Parent taxon: Sterculiaceae according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1909

Sister taxa: Brachychiton, Byttneriophyllum, Commersonia, Dombeya, Dombeyoxylon, Fremontia, Heritiera, Penosphyllum, Pterospermites, Pterospermoxylon, Pterospermum, Reevesia, Sezannella, Sphinxia, Sterculinium, Sterculiocarpus, Sterculioxylon, Sterculioxylon, Sterculiphyllum, Tarrietioxylon, Triplochitioxylon

Subtaxa: Firmianites aterrimus

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Type: Firmianites aterrimus

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Green River (YPM Collection) (Eocene of Wyoming)

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