Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Full reference: P. Vallati, A. De Sosa Tomas, and G. Casal. 2020. A Maastrichtian terrestrial palaeoenvironment close to the K/Pg boundary in the Golfo San Jorge basin, Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 97(102401)
Belongs to Spinizonocolpites according to P. Vallati et al. 2020
See also Pincheira and Garrido 2024
Sister taxa: Spinizonocolpites baculatus, Spinizonocolpites breviechinatus, Spinizonocolpites coloniensis, Spinizonocolpites complex, Spinizonocolpites echinatus, Spinizonocolpites grandis, Spinizonocolpites hialinus, Spinizonocolpites kostinensis, Spinizonocolpites pachyexinatus, Spinizonocolpites variabilis
Type specimen: UNPSJB-MFP-CV 187 12.5/91. Its type locality is White marlstone, Cerro del Hadro, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the Lago Colhué Huapi Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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