Full reference: I. C. Cookson. 1947. Plant microfossils from the lignites of Kerguelen Archipielago. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition 1929/1931 2:127-142
Parent taxon: Monocotyledoneae according to I. C. Cookson 1947
Sister taxa: Alismales, Alismatales, Arales, Arecidae, Arundo, Commelinacea, Commelinidae, Deccananthus, Doryanthites, Dracaenites, Festucophyllites, Florentinites, Glumiflorae, Graminales, Halocharis, Helobiae, Hypoglossidium, Isselia, Liliidae, Microrrhagion, Monocotylophyllum, Monocotylorhizos, Monocotylostrobus, Monosulcites, Najadales, Palmales, Palmoidopteris, Pandanites, Phylladelphia, Phyllotaenia, Podostachys, Principes, Ravenalospermum, Restioniidites, Sabalpollenites, Scitaminales, Scitamineae, Shuklanthus, Spathiflorae, Stellatopollis, Triloculaire, Triloculocarpon, Velamenorhizos, Viracarpon, Xyridales, Zingiberidae, Zosterites
Subtaxa: Monoporites annulatus Monoporites annuloides Monoporites subreticulata
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (1 collection)
• Eocene of Colombia (3), Venezuela (1)
• Cretaceous of South Sudan (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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