Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Full reference: D. J. Nichols and H. L. Ott. 1978. Biostratigraphy and Evolution of the Momipites-Caryapollenites Lineage in the Early Tertiary in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. Palynology 2:93-112
Belongs to Caryapollenites according to D. J. Nichols and H. L. Ott 1978
Sister taxa: Caryapollenites inelegans, Caryapollenites prodromus, Caryapollenites veripites, Caryapollenites wodehousei
Type specimen: Slide W-78-2 (11.7R, 9.1D); Plate 2, Figure 4, a microspore. Its type locality is W-78, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (14: Alaska, Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (2: Alaska)
• Paleocene of United States (86: Alaska, Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 102 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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