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Banksia archaeocarpa is an extinct species of tree or shrub, known only from a fossil Banksia "cone" recovered from rocks known as the Merlinleigh Sandstone from the Middle Eocene (48 to 38 million years ago), found in the Kennedy Range in Western Australia. Described in 1983 by Ken McNamara, it closely resembles the extant B. attenuata (candlestick banksia), with the flowers spirally arranged. Some leaves resembling Banksia brownii (feather-leaved banksia) were discovered at the same site but it is unclear whether or not they were from the same plant.
A cast of the fossil cone is on display at the Western Australian Museum.
Banksia acanthopoda · Prickly Banksia · Banksia acuminata · Wallum Banksia · Banksia alliacea · Cactus Dryandra · Northern Banksia · Yilgarn Dryandra · Banksia arctotidis · Banksia armata var. armata · Banksia armata var. ignicida · Prickly Dryandra
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