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: Actinocladum, Bambusa, Bambusoideae, Cerealia, Chrysochloa, Culmites, Elymus, Glycerioxylon, Graminocarpon, Greeneochloa, Hubbardia, Hygrorhizos, Iseilema, Lepturus, Lygeum, Monoporopollenites, Neostapfia, Ophiuros, Palaeozea, Sohnsia, Tridens, Walwhalleya, Zea, Zotovia, Saccharum, Stipidium, Palaeophragmites, Paleoeriocoma, Andropogon, Phalaris, Leptaspis, Phyllostachys, Bambusites, Glumophyllum, Setaria, Palaeoavena, Rhizocaulon, Stipa, Muhlenbergia, Humbertochloa, Oryza, Berriochloa, Oryzopsis, Graminophyllum, Poacites, Chaetochloa, Festuca, Arundinaria, Sorghum, Graminites, Bromus, Phragmites, Palaeopyrum, Triticum, Panicum, Pennisetum

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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