Alternative combination: Tricarpellites gracilis
Full reference: J. S. Bowerbank. 1840. A History of the Fossil Fruits & Seeds of the London Clay. 1-144
Belongs to Carpolithus according to M. E. J. Chandler 1961
See also Bowerbank 1840
Sister taxa: Carpolithus agglomeratus, Carpolithus anthozoiformis, Carpolithus apocyniformis, Carpolithus arnensis, Carpolithus barrensis, Carpolithus belensis, Carpolithus bellispermus, Carpolithus brookensis, Carpolithus callosaeoides, Carpolithus cissiformis, Carpolithus cliffwoodensis, Carpolithus conjugatus, Carpolithus curryi, Carpolithus curvatus, Carpolithus dicellaformis, Carpolithus dictyolomoides, Carpolithus douglasensis, Carpolithus drupaeformis, Carpolithus elongatus, Carpolithus euonymoides, Carpolithus fasciculatus, Carpolithus floribundus, Carpolithus foenarius, Carpolithus gardneri, Carpolithus geminatus, Carpolithus grenadensis, Carpolithus harveyi, Carpolithus henryensis, Carpolithus hirsutus, Carpolithus hyoseritiformis, Carpolithus inusitatus, Carpolithus jatrophaformis, Carpolithus juglandiformis, Carpolithus latus, Carpolithus mackayi, Carpolithus mattewanensis, Carpolithus montiumnigrorum, Carpolithus mudense, Carpolithus najasoides, Carpolithus nervosum, Carpolithus obovatus, Carpolithus olallensis, Carpolithus oregonensis, Carpolithus ornatus, Carpolithus ostryaeformis, Carpolithus ovaeformis, Carpolithus pilocarpoides, Carpolithus prangosoides, Carpolithus proteoides, Carpolithus provoensis, Carpolithus puryearensis, Carpolithus pusillus, Carpolithus radiatus, Carpolithus scalariformis, Carpolithus septloculus, Carpolithus sessilis, Carpolithus sophorites, Carpolithus stonei, Carpolithus storrsii, Carpolithus striatus, Carpolithus tennesseensis, Carpolithus ternatus, Carpolithus thunbergioides, Carpolithus tuscaloosensis, Carpolithus vaccinioides, Carpolithus virginiensis, Carpolithus woodbridgensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is The London Clay Flora - Sheppey, which is in a Ypresian marginal marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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