Momipites Wodehouse 1933

Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae

Synonyms: Engelhardtiapollenites Raatz 1937, Engelhardtioidites Potonié 1960, Engelhardtioipollenites Potonié 1960, Maceopolipollenites Leffingwell 1971

Parent taxon: Juglandaceae according to D. J. Nichols and H. L. Ott 1978

See also Chauhan 1991, Nichols 1973 and Papú 1989

Sister taxa: Alatonucula, Alfaroa, Antweileria, Carya, Caryapollenites, Caryojuglandoxylon, Caryojuglans, Cruciptera, Cyclocarya, Engelhardia, Hicoria, Hicoroides, Juglandicarya, Juglandiocarpon, Juglandiphyllum, Juglandiphyllum, Juglandites, Juglandoxylon, Juglans, Jugloxylon, Lamanonia, Palaeocarya, Paraengelhardtia, Platycarya, Platycaryapollenites, Praeengelhardtia, Pterocarya, Pterocaryapollenites, Pterocaryopsis, Pugetia, Sphaerocarya, Vinea

Subtaxa: Engelhardtioidites minutiformis Engelhardtioidites parvus Momipites actinus Momipites africanus Momipites amplus Momipites anellus Momipites annulatus Momipites concavus Momipites corylipites Momipites coryloides Momipites coryphaeus Momipites cycloquietus Momipites dilatus Momipites fragilis Momipites globosus Momipites inaequalis Momipites kedvesii Momipites leboensis Momipites leffingwellii Momipites levis Momipites marylandicus Momipites microcoryphaeus Momipites microfoveolatus Momipites minutus Momipites nicholsii Momipites punctatus Momipites quietus Momipites spackmaniana Momipites strictus Momipites tenuipolus Momipites triletipollenites Momipites ventifluminis Momipites waltmanensis Momipites wyomingensis

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (9: Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia collections)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Maryland)

• Oligocene of United States (4: South Carolina, Virginia)

• Eocene of Colombia (5), Germany (25), United States (88: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (4: Virginia)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Canada (7: Alberta, Manitoba), Colombia (2), United States (151: Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous to Neogene of China (1)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Canada (2: Alberta), Mexico (1), United States (47: Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina)

Total: 350 collections including 608 occurrences

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