Nothofagus plicata

Name

Nothofagus plicata

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Nothofagus

Authors (Pub.)

Scriven L. J. McLoughlin S. Hill R. S.  

Publication

Nothofagus plicata (Nothofagaceae), a new deciduous Eocene macrofossil species, from southern continental Australia [1995/6]

Journal

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volume

86

Issue

3-4

Page number

203

Year

1995

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Eocene

Strat. comment

Kojonup Sandstone

Location

Na Laura Farm, Muradup (33°54'47"S, 116°54'2"E), on crest of hill, 1.5 km SW of farmhouse, Western Australia

Paleoregion

Australia

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia

Repository Number

WAM.P60.45

Num

1: 1

Pub.

Nothofagus plicata (Nothofagaceae), a new deciduous Eocene macrofossil species, from southern continental Australia [1995/6]

Data for Paratypus

Repository

University of Western Australia, Department of Geology, Perth, Australia

Repository Number

Na Laura Farm, Muradup (25 km WSW of Kojonup, 33°54'47"S, 116°54'2"E); Kojonup Sandstone: 117643a, 118076c, 118077a,d, 118081, 118088, 118089, 118095b, 118100, 118101c, 118113d, 118122, 118123, 118135, 118146a,b, 118153d, 118189c,e,f, 118205e, 118207b, 118209d, 118210c,g, l18211b,e, 118219e, l18221a,b, 118240d, 118241, 118244, 118245, 118248a, 118257, 118266b, l18286a,b, 118298b,c, 118302a, 118304b, 118308d, 118318, 118328, 118336, 118348a, 118349, 118357, 118371b, l18581b,e,f, 118586c, 118595, l18600a,f, 118605, 118609 (all specimens UWA). 6420A, 9346K,H,Z, 9346/16, 9346/18 (all specimens GSWA). Half Moon Farm (7.5 km WSW of Kojonup, 33°51'47"S, 117°5'0"E); Kojonup Sandstone: 118418a, 118423, 118450, l18451a,b, 118452, 118461, 118462a,b, 118463-118468, 118470, 118471a, 118472, 118477, 118478a, 118479- 118483, 118484a,b, 118485-118487, 118489b, 118490-118496, 118498, 118504, 118506-118510, 34387a-g (all specimens UWA). Walebing (1.7km NNW of Woolawa Well); Kojonup Sandstone: P.60.45, P.78.100, P.81.10, P.81.11, P.81.12a,b,c,d,e,f,h,i, P.81.2b,c,d, P.81.30, P.81.62a, P.81.74, P.81.78, P.81.8, P.86.108, P.86.123, P.86.127, P.86.134, P.86.145, P.86.158, P.86.161, P.86.164, P.87.2, P.87.3 (all specimens WAM). West side of Barrow Road, Mt. Barker; Pallinup Siltstone: WAM.P.84.142. Maslin Bay, North Maslin Sands; MAS 0614 and counterpart MAS 0613.

Diagnosis

Nothofagus plicata differs from all other species of Nothofagus in the following combination of features: having plicate vernation; a longer and broader lamina; a single set of teeth per secondary vein and a more acute angle of secondary veins.