Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Full reference: D. J. Nichols and H. L. Ott. 1978. Biostratigraphy and Evolution of the Momipites-Caryapollenites Lineage in the Early Tertiary in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. Palynology 2:93-112
Belongs to Momipites according to D. J. Nichols and H. L. Ott 1978
Sister taxa: 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 wyomingensis, Engelhardtioidites parvus, Engelhardtioidites minutiformis
Type specimen: Slide PR-5-1 (7.3R, 10.1D); Plate 1, Figure 5, a microspore. Its type locality is PR-5, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (6: Montana, Wyoming collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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