Belongs to Tricolpites according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023
See also Chauhan 1991, Mautino and Anzótegui 2002 and Vera et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Tricolpites albiensis, Tricolpites asper, Tricolpites asperamarginis, Tricolpites bibaculatus, Tricolpites brevis, Tricolpites communis, Tricolpites cooksonae, Tricolpites cooksoni, Tricolpites crassimurus, Tricolpites crassireticulatus, Tricolpites foxii, Tricolpites gageonnetii, Tricolpites giganteus, Tricolpites gigantoreticulatus, Tricolpites gilli, Tricolpites gillii, Tricolpites globus, Tricolpites levis, Tricolpites longicolpus, Tricolpites micromunus, Tricolpites microreticulatus, Tricolpites microreticuloides, Tricolpites microstriatus, Tricolpites minutus, Tricolpites mutabilis, Tricolpites pachyexinus, Tricolpites pannosus, Tricolpites parvus, Tricolpites protoclarensis, Tricolpites psilatus, Tricolpites redactus, Tricolpites reticulata, Tricolpites retielegans, Tricolpites ringens, Tricolpites sabulosus, Tricolpites sagax, Tricolpites speciosum, Tricolpites synstriatus, Tricolpites trioblatus, Tricolpites variabilis, Tricolpites verrucatus, Tricolpites virgeus, Tricolpites vulgaris, Tricolpites waiparaensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Average measurements (in mm): Pollen grain diameter 0.025
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Atlantic (2 collections)
• Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (5), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (9), Australia (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (12)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), New Zealand (5)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), Argentina (14), Australia (1), Canada (4: Alberta), India (1), Morocco (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 67 collections including 70 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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