Basionym: Equisetosporites caichigensis Volkheimer and Quattrocchio 1975a. Ameghiniana 12, pp. 236, plate 10, figs. 15-16; plate 11, figs. 1-4; holotype 893j BA Pb 42.8/100.5, plate 10, figs. 15-16.
Remarks: Volkheimer and Quattrocchio (1975a) originally described the species as Equisetosporites caichigensis. We make the new combination and use Ephedripites instead, as it is more indicative of the botanical affinity of the genus.
Full reference: P. L. Narváez and I. F. Sabino. 2008. Palynology of the Las Curtiembres Formation (Late Cretaceous, Salta Group Basin), Las Conchas Creek area, northwestern Argentina. Ameghiniana 45(2):473-482
Belongs to Ephedripites according to P. L. Narváez and I. F. Sabino 2008
Sister taxa: Ephedripites (Distachyapites), Ephedripites ambiguus, Ephedripites barghoornii, Ephedripites costaliferous, Ephedripites dentatus, Ephedripites dudarensis, Ephedripites ellipticus, Ephedripites fissuratus, Ephedripites irregularis, Ephedripites jansonii, Ephedripites macistriatus, Ephedripites montanaensis, Ephedripites multicostatus, Ephedripites notensis, Ephedripites ovalis, Ephedripites patapscoensis, Ephedripites pentacostatus, Ephedripites regularis, Ephedripites strigatus, Ephedripites translucidus, Ephedripites vanegensis, Ephedripites virginiaensis, Ephedripites zaklinskaiae
Distribution: found only at Palo Seco creek (Cretaceous of Argentina)
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