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, Nypa, Nypoideae, Oraniopsis, Oreodoxites, Palmacites, Palmocaulon, Palmostroboxylon, Palmoxylon, Paloreodoxites, Parapalmocaulon, Phoenicites, Racemonocolpites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Sabal, Sabalocaulon, Sabalophyllum, Spinizonocolpites, Spinopalmoxylon, Tricoccites, Tripylocarpa, Victorisporis, Phoenix, Spinophyllum, Calamus, Burtinia, Bactrites, Neozamia, Palmaepites, Palmites, Nipadites, Rhapis, Serenopsis, Caryotispermum, Sanmiguelia, Perfossus, Palmanthium, Cocoopsis, Attaleinites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Palmaepollenites, Lepidocaryinae, Palaeothrinax, Versipalmicutis, Eolirion, Corypheae, Palmophyllum, Hemiphoenicites, Cocites, Latericutis, Palaeospadix, Elate, Latanites, Anomophyllites, Juranyia, Palmostrobus, Astrocaryum, Palmocarpon, Perrandoa, 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 including 210 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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