Santalacites minor Christopher 1979

Angiospermae

Full reference: R. A. Christopher. 1979. Normapolles and triporate pollen assemblages from the Raritan and Magothy Formations (Upper Cretaceous) of New Jersey. Palynology 3:73-121

Belongs to Santalacites according to R. A. Christopher 1979

See also Christopher and Prowell 2010

Sister taxon: Santalacites santaloides

Type specimen: Plate 9, figs. 10, 11 (sample R1011B, slide 2, coordinates 37.5 x 101.8), a microspore. Its type locality is R1011B, which is in a Turonian/Coniacian pond siliciclastic in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (11: New Jersey, South Carolina collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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