Parent taxon: Malvales according to Anzotegui and Cuadrado 1996
Sister taxa: Argyrodendron, Bixaceae, Bombacaceae, Buettneriaceae, Cistaceae, Crototricolpites, Cytinaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Lakiapollis, Malvaceae, Muntingiaceae, Neuradaceae, Sarcolaenaceae, Sphaerosepalaceae, Sterculiaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Tiliaceae
Subtaxa: Echiperiporites akanthos Echiperiporites estelae Echiperiporites parviechinatus Echiperiporites tschudyi
Type: Echiperiporites akanthos
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene of Colombia (8), Cuba (2), United States (23: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Colombia (1)
Total: 36 collections including 45 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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