Angiospermae - Asterales - Asteraceae
Synonym: Calycithes Massalongo 1850 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Compositae according to H. D. MacGinitie 1941
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Achyranthemum, Adenophyllum, Amboroa, Amphoricarpos, Anaphalis, Anthemis, Artemisia, Asteracarpus, Blumea, Capelio, Cassinia, Centaurea, Centratherum, Chardinia, Chrysactinium, Cichorioideae, Cirsium, Cnicus, Compositoipollenites, Crepis, Deinandra, Dicoma, Dittrichia, Echitricolporites, Emilia, Fenestrites, Fulcaldea, Galeomma, Glebianthemum, Heterolepis, Hieracites, Hofmeisteria, Inula, Jaumea, Leucactinia, Lomatozona, Lophiocirsium, Lowryanthus, Macvaughiella, Nahuatlea, Oblivia, Pseudoglossanthis, Raiguenrayun, Richterago, Roebuckiella, Senecio, Smallanthus, Sonchus, Strotheria, Taraxacum, Tenrhynea, Triptilion, Tubulifloridites, Vernonia, Xanthium, Carduus, Bidentites, Carduoideae, Aster, Eclipta, Hyoserites
Subtaxa: Calycites alatus Calycites davillaformis Calycites diospyriformis Calycites lythroides Calycites middendorfensis Calycites obovatus Calycites ostryaformis Calycites parvus Calycites pentasepalus Calycites polysepala Calycites sexpartitus
Type: Calycites pentasepalus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of United States (4: Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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