Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Parent taxon: Araceae according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023
See also Archangelsky 1973, Huang et al. 2023 and Vallati et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Acoropsis, Acorus, Anthuriophyllum, Araceaeites, Araceaepites, Araceophyllum, Aracispermum, Arecites, Arisaema, Arisaemites, Aronites, Aronium, Caladiosoma, Campylospermum, Cobbania, Colocasia, Colocasioideaepites, Lemnoideae, Monsteroideae, Natantisphyllum, Orontioideae, Pandaniidites, Peltandra, Pistia, Pistites, Porosia, Thrinax, Typhonium
Subtaxa: Proxapertites cursus Proxapertites humbertoides Proxapertites magnus Proxapertites maracaiboensis Proxapertites operculatus Proxapertites psilatus Proxapertites tertiaria Proxapertites verrucatus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1 collection)
• Eocene of Colombia (29), India (1), Myanmar (48), United States (2: Mississippi), Venezuela (67)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Argentina (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (6), Colombia (16), United States (6: Alabama, Mississippi), Venezuela (58)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (4), Nigeria (1), South Sudan (1)
Total: 242 collections including 458 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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