Equisetopsida - Pinidae - Pinidae
Etymology: The epithet patagonicus refers to the Patagonian region
Full reference: F. De Benedetti, M. C. Zamaloa, M. A. Gandolfo and N. R. Cúneo. 2023. Pollen from the K–Pg boundary of the La Colonia Formation, Patagonia, Argentina. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 316(104933):1-27
Belongs to Classopollis according to F. De Benedetti et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Classopollis alexi, Classopollis anasillos, Classopollis brasiliensis, Classopollis chateaunovii, Classopollis classoides, Classopollis indicus, Classopollis intrareticulatus, Classopollis klausi, Classopollis maljawkineae, Classopollis meyeriana, Classopollis minor, Classopollis perplexus, Classopollis pflugii, Classopollis senegalensis, Classopollis simplex, Classopollis torosus, Classopollis triangularis
Type specimen: MPEF-PA 472 (Plate I, 10), a microspore (Pollen grain). Its type locality is Cerro Bosta (CBO) (Paleobotany), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine siltstone in the La Colonia Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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