Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae

Full reference: Z. Cao, S. Wu, P. Zhang and J. Li. 1998. Discovery of fossil monocotyledons from Yixian Formation, western Liaoning. Chinese Science Bulletin 43(3):230-233

Parent taxon: Poaceae according to Z. Cao et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Actinocladum, Bambusa, Bambusoideae, Cerealia, Chrysochloa, Culmites, Elymus, Glycerioxylon, Graminocarpon, Greeneochloa, Hubbardia, Hygrorhizos, Iseilema, Lepturus, Lygeum, Monoporopollenites, Neostapfia, Ophiuros, Palaeozea, Sohnsia, Tridens, Walwhalleya, Zea, Zotovia, Pennisetum, Phragmites, Palaeopyrum, Phyllostachys, Andropogon, Bromus, Leptaspis, Glumophyllum, Rhizocaulon, Setaria, Stipa, Stipidium, Arundinaria, Oryzopsis, Chaetochloa, Muhlenbergia, Sorghum, Palaeophragmites, Paleoeriocoma, Graminites, Humbertochloa, Bambusites, Poacites, Panicum, Graminophyllum, Saccharum, Festuca, Triticum, Oryza, Palaeoavena, Phalaris, Berriochloa

Subtaxa: Eragrosites changii

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Type: Eragrosites changii

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Jianshangou bed, near Chaomidian (Cretaceous of China)

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