Momipites leffingwellii Nichols and Ott 1978

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 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, Engelhardtioidites minutiformis, Engelhardtioidites parvus

Type specimen: Slide W-101-1 (19.2R, 15.3D); Plate 1, Figure 27, a microspore. Its type locality is W-101, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at W-101

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