Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
The epithet baibianae honors the Baibin family for allowing access to some of the studied outcrops.
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 Proteacidites according to F. De Benedetti et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Proteacidites africaensis, Proteacidites amolosexinus, Proteacidites angulatus, Proteacidites beddoesii, Proteacidites cooksonii, Proteacidites dehaani, Proteacidites excertus, Proteacidites miniporatus, Proteacidites mirasolensis, Proteacidites obscurus, Proteacidites parvus, Proteacidites protrudus, Proteacidites pseudomoides, Proteacidites retiformis, Proteacidites scaboratus, Proteacidites sigalii, Proteacidites subscabratus, Proteacidites symphyonemoides, Proteacidites tenuiexinus
Type specimen: MPEF-PA 853, a microspore. 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:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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