Angiospermae - Fagales - Nothofagaceae

Full reference: R. S. Hill, D. M. Harwood, and P.-N. Webb. 1996. Nothofagus beardmorensis (Nothofagaceae), a new species based on leaves from the Pliocene Sirius Group, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 94:11-24

Belongs to Nothofagus according to R. S. Hill et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Nothofagus australis, Nothofagus bulbosa, Nothofagus cethanica, Nothofagus cooksoni, Nothofagus crenulata, Nothofagus cretacea, Nothofagus densinervosa, Nothofagus elongata, Nothofagus glandularis, Nothofagus glaucifolia, Nothofagus gunnii, Nothofagus lanceolata, Nothofagus lobata, Nothofagus magelhaenica, Nothofagus magellanica, Nothofagus maideni, Nothofagus microphylla, Nothofagus mucronata, Nothofagus obliqua, Nothofagus palustris, Nothofagus peduncularis, Nothofagus serrata, Nothofagus serrulata, Nothofagus simplicidens, Nothofagus tasmanica, Nothofagus ulmifolia, Nothofagus variabilis, Nothofagus zastawniakiae

Type specimen: USNM 486747, a leaf. Its type locality is Oliver Bluffs, which is in a Miocene fine channel fill siltstone/sandstone in the Meyer Desert Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Oliver Bluffs

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.