Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Parent taxon: Gramineae according to H. N. Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Actinocladum, Bambusa, Bambusoideae, Cerealia, Chrysochloa, Culmites, Elymus, Eragrosites, Glycerioxylon, Graminocarpon, Greeneochloa, Hubbardia, Hygrorhizos, Iseilema, Lepturus, Lygeum, Monoporopollenites, Neostapfia, Ophiuros, Palaeozea, Sohnsia, Tridens, Walwhalleya, Zea, Zotovia, Palaeophragmites, Leptaspis, Phragmites, Bromus, Berriochloa, Palaeoavena, Stipa, Oryzopsis, Phyllostachys, Graminophyllum, Poacites, Stipidium, Phalaris, Rhizocaulon, Sorghum, Pennisetum, Glumophyllum, Palaeopyrum, Chaetochloa, Humbertochloa, Arundinaria, Panicum, Setaria, Muhlenbergia, Andropogon, Bambusites, Oryza, Graminites, Festuca, Saccharum, Triticum
Subtaxa: Paleoeriocoma hitchcocki
Type: Paleoeriocoma hitchcocki
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Sand Below Ashfall Lagerstatte (Miocene of Nebraska)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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