Nothofagidites saraensis Menendez and Caccavari 1975

Angiospermae - Fagales

Full reference: C. A. Menendez and M. A. Caccavari. 1975. Las especies de Nothofagidites (polen fósil de Nothofagus) de sedimentos Terciarios y Cretácicos de Estancia La Sara , Norte de Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Ameghiniana XII(2):165-183

Belongs to Nothofagidites according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023

See also Barreda et al. 2012, Clyde et al. 2014, Menendez and Caccavari 1975, Povilauskas 2016, Pujana et al. 2021 and Stiles et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Nothofagidites acromegacanthus, Nothofagidites americanus, Nothofagidites anisoechinatus, Nothofagidites aspera, Nothofagidites asperus, Nothofagidites brachispinulosa, Nothofagidites brachyspinulosus, Nothofagidites cincta, Nothofagidites couperi, Nothofagidites cranwellae, Nothofagidites deminuta, Nothofagidites densum, Nothofagidites dorotensis, Nothofagidites emardicus, Nothofagidites endurus, Nothofagidites falcatus, Nothofagidites flemingii, Nothofagidites fortispinulosus, Nothofagidites fuegiensis, Nothofagidites huertasii, Nothofagidites hystricosphaeroides, Nothofagidites incrassatus, Nothofagidites kaitangata, Nothofagidites kaitangataensis, Nothofagidites kaitangatus, Nothofagidites lachlaniae, Nothofagidites nana, Nothofagidites nanus, Nothofagidites paucispinosus, Nothofagidites rocaensis, Nothofagidites senectus, Nothofagidites suggatei, Nothofagidites tehuelchesii, Nothofagidites visserensis, Nothofagidites waipawaensis, Nothofagidites waipawensis

Type specimen: BAPB. Prep. pal. N° 510, a seed repro (Pollen grain).

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Average measurements (in mm): Pollen grain diameter 0.028

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (2 collections)

• Miocene of Argentina (3)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (6)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (1)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (9)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (13)

Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence

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