Banksieaeformis serratus D.R.Greenw., P.W.Haines et Steart

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003201

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3201

Authors: D. R. Greenwood, P. W. Haines & D. C. Steart

Rank: species

Genus:

Reference: Greenwood, D. R., Haines, P. W. & Steart, D. C. (2001): New Species of Banksieaeformis and a Banksia ‘Cone’ (Proteaceae) from the Tertiary of Central Australia. – Australian Systematic Botany 14: 871–890.

Page of description: 875

Illustrations or figures: figs 2, 3

Types

Original diagnosis/description

Simple bilaterally symmetrical leaves; leaf base and apex unknown. Leaf greater than 9 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, margin serrate, teeth regular, apically directed and acute. Leaf rachis massive, venation pinnate, craspedodromous, more than 30 secondary veins, secondary veins c. 90–70° from the midvein, generally straight but diverging apically near the margin and a single vein entering each marginal tooth; secondary veins between teeth bifurcating prior to sinus.

Etymology

The specific epithet is derived from the regular serrate margin.

Stratigraphy

Unnamed Tertiary unit (cf. Waite Formation).

Locality

Australia
Glen Helen, Northern Territory.