Proteacidites laxus Frederiksen 1973

Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae

Full reference: N. O. Frederiksen. 1973. New Mid-Tertiary spores and pollen grains from Mississippi and Alabama. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(2):65-86

Belongs to Proteacidites according to N. O. Frederiksen 1973

Sister taxa: Proteacidites africaensis, Proteacidites amolosexinus, Proteacidites angulatus, Proteacidites baibianae, 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: Pl2, figs. 1-2, slide 10637 A-2, 25.0 x 114.8, a microspore.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Proteacidites laxus in the database

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