Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Araceae
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
Parent taxon: Araceae according to L. J. Hickey 1977
Sister taxa: Acoropsis, Acorus, Anthuriophyllum, Araceaeites, Araceaepites, Araceophyllum, Aracispermum, Arecites, Arisaema, Arisaemites, Aronites, Aronium, Caladiosoma, Campylospermum, Cobbania, Colocasia, Colocasioideaepites, Lemnoideae, Monsteroideae, Natantisphyllum, Orontioideae, Pandaniidites, Peltandra, Pistia, Pistites, Proxapertites, Thrinax, Typhonium
Subtaxa: Porosia verrucosa
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: North Dakota collection)
• Clarkforkian of United States (9: North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (8: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (5: North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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