Ctenolophonidites cruciatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001

Angiospermae - Malpighiales

Full reference: C. A. Jaramillo and D. L. Dilcher. 2001. Middle Paleogene palynology of Central Colombia, South America: A study of pollen and spores from tropical latitudes. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 258(4-6):87-213

Belongs to Ctenolophonidites according to C. A. Jaramillo and D. L. Dilcher 2001

Sister taxa: Ctenolophonidites costatus, Ctenolophonidites lisamae

Type specimen: UFP 37, 18.4 x 111.5, a microspore (Pollen grain). Its type locality is Pinalerita UFP 37, Llanos foothills, Colombia, which is in an Eocene fluvial-deltaic sandstone/siliciclastic in the Areniscas de el Limbo Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Pinalerita UFP 37, Llanos foothills, Colombia

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