Angiospermae - Poales - Typhaceae
Full reference: R. A. Christopher and D. C. Prowell. 2002. A palynological biozonation for the Maastrichtian Stage (Upper Cretaceous) of South Carolina, USA. Cretaceous Research 23:639-669
Belongs to Sparganiaceaepollenites according to R. A. Christopher and D. C. Prowell 2002
Sister taxa: Sparganiaceaepollenites annulatus, Sparganiaceaepollenites barungensis, Sparganiaceaepollenites delicata, Sparganiaceaepollenites hospahensis, Sparganiaceaepollenites polygonalis
Type specimen: Slide FLO-274@150.0'(1); coordinates 15.0 x 131.0; Figure 5a, b., a microspore. Its type locality is USGS - Lake City core, 150.0 ft, which is in a Maastrichtian marine marl in the Peedee Formation of South Carolina.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (7: South Carolina collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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