Foveotricolpites prolatus Frederiksen 1973

Foveotricolpites

Full reference: N. O. Frederiksen. 1973. New Mid-Tertiary spores and pollen grains from Mississippi and Alabama. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(2):65-86

Belongs to Foveotricolpites according to N. O. Frederiksen 1973

See also Jarzen and Dilcher 2006

Sister taxa: Foveotricolpites genuinus, Foveotricolpites giganteus, Foveotricolpites gigantoreticulatus, Foveotricolpites perforatus, Foveotricolpites pomarius, Foveotricolpites santanderianus, Foveotricolpites tienabaensis

Type specimen: Plate 3, figs20-22, slide 10663 A-1, 16.2 x 122.1, a microspore.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Florida Lime Works quarry (Eocene of Florida)

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