Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Full reference: J. G. Conran, J. M. Bannister, D. C. Mildenhall, D. E. Lee, J. Chacón and S. S. Renner. 2014. Leaf fossils of Luzuriaga and a monocot flower with in situ pollen of Liliacidites contortus Mildenh. & Bannister sp. nov. (Alstroemeriaceae) from the early Miocene. American Journal of Botany (101)141-155
Belongs to Liliacidites according to J. G. Conran et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Liliacidites aviemorensis, Liliacidites baculatus, Liliacidites buitrensis, Liliacidites circularis, Liliacidites crassatus, Liliacidites crassibaculatus, Liliacidites crassilabratus, Liliacidites ellipticus, Liliacidites hungaricus, Liliacidites inequalis, Liliacidites intermedius, Liliacidites kaitangataensis, Liliacidites lacunosus, Liliacidites lanceolatus, Liliacidites lenticularis, Liliacidites microreticulatus, Liliacidites minireticulatus, Liliacidites nigeriensis, Liliacidites peroreticulatus, Liliacidites regularis, Liliacidites reticulatus, Liliacidites textus, Liliacidites variegatus, Liliacidites vermireticulatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Foulden maar (I43/f8503), which is in an Aquitanian crater lake diatomite in the Foulden Hills Diatomite Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Foulden maar (I43/f8503)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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