Full reference: E. J. Romero. 1973. Polen Fósil de Nothofagus (Nothofagidites) del Cretácico y Paleoceno de Patagonia. Revista del Museo de la Plata (nueva serie), sección Paleontología 7(47):291-303
Belongs to Nothofagidites according to E. J. Romero 1973
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 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 saraensis, Nothofagidites senectus, Nothofagidites suggatei, Nothofagidites tehuelchesii, Nothofagidites visserensis, Nothofagidites waipawaensis, Nothofagidites waipawensis
Type specimen: Holotype: Preparado 955, coord. 1.9/20.3., a microspore. Its type locality is Pozo T-137, nivel 170 m., which is in a Maastrichtian/Paleocene terrestrial claystone in the Cerro Dorotea Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Average measurements (in mm): Pollen grain diameter 0.028
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (6 collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (9)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (3)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (2)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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