†Caryapollenites prodromus Nichols and Ott 1978
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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 Caryapollenites according to D. J. Nichols and H. L. Ott 1978
Sister taxa: Caryapollenites imparalis, Caryapollenites inelegans, Caryapollenites veripites, Caryapollenites wodehousei
Type specimen: Slide PR-2-1 (16.8R, 17.7D); Plate 2, Figure 1, a microspore. Its type locality is PR-2, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at PR-2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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