Angiospermae - Proteales - Nelumbonaceae
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 Nelumbo according to L. J. Hickey 1977
Sister taxa: Nelumbo dawsoni, Nelumbo intermedia, Nelumbo kempii, Nelumbo lakesiana, Nelumbo laramiensis, Nelumbo nangalensis, Nelumbo nucifera, Nelumbo protolutea, Nelumbo puertae, Nelumbo pygmaea, Nelumbo saskatchuense
Type specimen: USNM 43231. Its type locality is South Central Fairy Dells (USNM 14089), which is in a Wasatchian channel siltstone/shale in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: North Dakota collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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