Angiospermae - Fagales - Casuarinaceae
Full reference: I. C. Cookson and K. M. Pike. 1954. Some dicotyledonous pollen types from Cainozoic deposits in the Australian Region. Australian Journal of Botany 2(2):197-219
Parent taxon: Casuarinaceae according to I. C. Cookson and K. M. Pike 1954
See also Huang et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Allocasuarina, Casuarina, Casuarinites, Casuaroxylon, Cupuliferites, Gymnostoma, Quercophyllum
Subtaxa: Casuarinidites cainozoicus Casuarinidites convexus Casuarinidites pulcher Casuarinidites sparsus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (12 collections), United States (3: Massachusetts)
• Eocene of Myanmar (24), United States (19: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (6: Virginia)
• Paleocene of United States (16: South Carolina, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of United States (13: Missouri, South Carolina)
Total: 93 collections including 110 occurrences
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