Platanocarpus carolinensis Friis et al. 1988

Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae

Full reference: E. M. Friis, P. R. Crane, and K. R. Pedersen. 1988. Reproductive structures of Cretaceous Platanaceae. Biologiske Skrifter Det Kongelige Danske Videnskskabernes Selskab 31:1-55

Belongs to Platanocarpus according to E. M. Friis et al. 1988

Sister taxa: Platanocarpus brookensis, Platanocarpus elkneckensis, Platanocarpus marylandensis

Type specimen: USNM 401642. Its type locality is Neuse River Cut-Off, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in the Black Creek Formation of North Carolina.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Neuse River Cut-Off

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