Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
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: Zingiberaceae according to L. J. Hickey 1977
Sister taxa: Amomocarpum, Amomophyllum, Amomum, Spirematospermum, Zingiberites, Zingiberoideophyllum
Subtaxa: Zingiberopsis isonervosa
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Eocene of United States (53: North Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (9: Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of United States (5: North Dakota)
Total: 68 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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