Caulinites parisiensis Brongniart 1828

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Posidoniaceae

Full reference: A. T. Brongniart. 1828. Prodrome d'une histoire des végétaux fossiles.

Belongs to Caulinites according to M. E. J. Chandler 1961

See also Brongniart 1828, Bureau 1866, Chesters et al. 1967, den Hartog 1970, Fritel 1910, Laurent and Laurent 1926 and Stockmans 1936

Sister taxa: Posidonia australis, Posidonia caulini, Posidonia cretacea, Posidonia oceanica, Posidonia ostenfeldii, Caulinites spinosa, Caulinites sheppyensis, Caulinites sparganioides, Caulinites beckeri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Arthon, which is in an Eocene coastal limestone in France

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Caulinites parisiensis in the database

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