Banksia archaeocarpa

Proteaceae species described from fossils

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, found in the Kennedy Range in Western Australia. Described in 1983 by Ken McNamara, it closely resembles the extant B. attenuata, with the flowers spirally arranged. Some leaves resembling Banksia brownii were discovered at the same site but it is unclear whether or not they were from the same plant.

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