Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Full reference: P. M. van Hoeken-Klinkenberg. 1964. A palynological investigation of some Upper Cretaceous sediments in Nigeria. Pollen et Spores 6(1):209-231
Parent taxon: Arecaceae according to Friis et al. 2011
See also Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 and Vallati et al. 2020
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, Nipadites, Nypa, Nypoideae, Oraniopsis, Oreodoxites, Palmacites, Palmocaulon, Palmostroboxylon, Palmoxylon, Paloreodoxites, Parapalmocaulon, Phoenicites, Racemonocolpites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Sabal, Sabalocaulon, Sabalophyllum, Spinizonocolpites, Spinopalmoxylon, Tricoccites, Tripylocarpa, Victorisporis, Phoenix, Perrandoa, Latericutis, Palmaepites, Versipalmicutis, Hemiphoenicites, Astrocaryum, Palaeothrinax, Bactrites, Eolirion, Sanmiguelia, Palmophyllum, Attaleinites, Rhapis, Palmites, Neozamia, Palmocarpon, Palmostrobus, Corypheae, Palmanthium, Palaeospadix, Serenopsis, Rhizopalmoxylon, Caryotispermum, Lepidocaryinae, Juranyia, Latanites, Burtinia, Cocoopsis, Perfossus, Palmaepollenites, Anomophyllites, Cocites, Spinophyllum, Calamus, Hyphaene
Subtaxa: Mauritiidites crassibaculatus Mauritiidites crassiexinus Mauritiidites franciscoi Mauritiidites lehmanii
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (1 collection)
• Eocene of Colombia (35), Jamaica (1), Venezuela (63)
• Paleocene of Colombia (15), Venezuela (57)
• Cretaceous of South Sudan (9)
Total: 181 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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