Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Full reference: A. T. Brongniart. 1828. Prodrome d'une histoire des végétaux fossiles.
Parent taxon: Arecaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Andrews 1970, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Mai 2000
Sister taxa: Amesoneuron, Archontophoenix, Areca, Arecipites, Arecoideae, Borassus, Calamopsis, Caryota, Chamaedorea, Cocos, Cocosocarpon, Coryphoideae, Echidiporites, Erythea, Eugeissona, Flabellaria, Friedemannia, Geonoma, Geonomites, Grimsdalea, Hyphaeneocarpon, Iriartea, Iriartites, Krempocarpon, Longapertites, Luminidites, Manicaria, Mauritiidites, Nipadites, Nypa, Nypoideae, Oraniopsis, Oreodoxites, Palmacites, Palmocaulon, Palmostroboxylon, Palmoxylon, Paloreodoxites, Parapalmocaulon, Racemonocolpites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Sabal, Sabalocaulon, Sabalophyllum, Spinizonocolpites, Spinopalmoxylon, Tricoccites, Tripylocarpa, Victorisporis, Hyphaene, Perfossus, Versipalmicutis, Palaeospadix, Perrandoa, Corypheae, Attaleinites, Anomophyllites, Palmophyllum, Eolirion, Palmostrobus, Rhizopalmoxylon, Palmaepites, Cocoopsis, Lepidocaryinae, Palmites, Cocites, Serenopsis, Palmanthium, Astrocaryum, Juranyia, Palaeothrinax, Palmaepollenites, Rhapis, Latericutis, Latanites, Caryotispermum, Bactrites, Palmocarpon, Neozamia, Sanmiguelia, Burtinia, Hemiphoenicites, Phoenix, Spinophyllum, Calamus
Subtaxa: Phoenicites occidentalis Phoenicites pumila
Type: Phoenicites pumila
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Switzerland (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of India (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Wyoming)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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