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Banksia archaeocarpa

Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae

Taxonomy
Banksia archaeocarpa was named by McNamara and Scott (1983). Its type specimen is WAM P79.42, a seed/fruit, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Merlinleigh Station, escarpment north of type section mesa, which is in a Lutetian shoreface sandstone in the Merlinleigh Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Banksia archaeocarpa McNamara and Scott p. 187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
orderProtealesJussieu 1829
familyProteaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusBanksiaLinnaeus 1782
speciesarchaeocarpa

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.

Banksia archaeocarpa McNamara and Scott 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Australia (Western Australia) Banksia archaeocarpa (type locality: 179831)