†Sparganium parvum Hickey 1977 (bur-reed)
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Angiospermae - Typhales - Commelinidae
Full reference: L. J. Hickey. 1977. Stratigraphy and paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Early Tertiary) of western North Dakota. The Geological Society of America Memoir 150:1-183
Belongs to Sparganium according to L. J. Hickey 1977
Sister taxa: Sparganium antiquum, Sparganium stygium
Type specimen: USNM 43723. Its type locality is Harnisch Butte (USNM 14056b), which is in a Clarkforkian channel siltstone in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Harnisch Butte (USNM 14056b)
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