Angiospermae - Icacinales - Icacinaceae
Full reference: M. E. Collinson, S. R. Manchester, and V. Wilde. 2012. Fossil fruits and seeds of the Middle Eocene Messel biota, Germany. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Gesellschaft Naturforschenden 570:1-249
Belongs to Icacinicarya according to M. E. Collinson et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Icacinicarya amygdaloidea, Icacinicarya collinsonae, Icacinicarya dictyota, Icacinicarya echinata, Icacinicarya emarginata, Icacinicarya forbesi, Icacinicarya foveolata, Icacinicarya glabra, Icacinicarya inornata, Icacinicarya minima, Icacinicarya mucronata, Icacinicarya nodulifera, Icacinicarya ovoidea, Icacinicarya platycarpa, Icacinicarya reticulata, Icacinicarya tiffneyi
Type specimen: Holotype SM.B Me 23388, a seed/fruit
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Icacinicarya densipunctata in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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