Nothofagidites fortispinulosus 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 C. A. Menendez and M. A. Caccavari 1975

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 fuegiensis, Nothofagidites huertasii, Nothofagidites hystricosphaeroides, Nothofagidites incrassatus, Nothofagidites kaitangata, Nothofagidites kaitangataensis, Nothofagidites kaitangatus, Nothofagidites lachlaniae, Nothofagidites nana, Nothofagidites nanus, Nothofagidites paucispinosus, Nothofagidites rocaensis, Nothofagidites saraensis, Nothofagidites senectus, Nothofagidites suggatei, Nothofagidites tehuelchesii, Nothofagidites visserensis, Nothofagidites waipawaensis, Nothofagidites waipawensis

Type specimen: Prep. pal N° 504, a non-seed repro (Pollen grain).

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Arroyo de los Mineros (Eocene of Argentina)

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