Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae

Full reference: Z. Cao, S. Wu, P. Zhang and J. Li. 1998. Discovery of fossil monocotyledons from Yixian Formation, western Liaoning. Chinese Science Bulletin 43(3):230-233

Parent taxon: Poaceae according to Z. Cao et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Bambusa, Bambusoideae, Cerealia, Culmites, Elymus, Glycerioxylon, Graminocarpon, Hygrorhizos, Lygeum, Monoporopollenites, Palaeozea, Zea, Panicum, Glumophyllum, Palaeopyrum, Oryza, Leptaspis, Palaeoavena, Graminophyllum, Poacites, Graminites, Sorghum, Bambusites, Saccharum, Arundinaria, Humbertochloa, Oryzopsis, Berriochloa, Stipidium, Stipa, Pennisetum, Phalaris, Rhizocaulon, Festuca, Phyllostachys, Muhlenbergia, Chaetochloa, Paleoeriocoma, Andropogon, Triticum, Bromus, Setaria, Phragmites, Palaeophragmites

Subtaxa: Eragrosites changii

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Type: Eragrosites changii

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Jianshangou bed, near Chaomidian (Cretaceous of China)

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