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Euproteaciphyllum pinnatum
Taxonomy
Euproteaciphyllum pinnatum was named by Carpenter et al. (2012). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: OU33344, Geology Museum, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ, a leaf (Cuticle), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is F45/f0394, middle Gore Lignite Measure, Newvale Mine, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene mire/swamp lignite in New Zealand.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Euproteaciphyllum pinnatum Carpenter et al. p. 383 fig. 5 |
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†Euproteaciphyllum pinnatum Carpenter et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. J. Carpenter et al. 2012 | Foliage pinnately lobed. Lobes small, more-or-less triangular or falcate. Stomatal distribution more-or-less parallel, subsidiary cells typically appearing butterfly-winged. Anticlinal epidermal wall cuticle variably buttressed and sinuous at junctions with periclinal walls. Trichome bases common on both leaf surfaces, associated with two or more epidermal cells. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 28.40000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | New Zealand (Southland) | Euproteaciphyllum pinnatum (type locality: 169981) |