†Cyperacites giganteus Knowlton 1899 (sedge)
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Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Full reference: F. H. Knowlton. 1899. Fossil Flora of the Yellowstone National Park. USGS Monograph Series 32(2)
Belongs to Cyperacites according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Knowlton 1899
Sister taxa: Cyperacites angustior, Cyperacites borealis, Cyperacites canaliculatus, Cyperacites dubius, Cyperacites haydenii, Cyperacites paucinervis, Cyperacites potomacensis, Cyperacites richardsii, Cyperites angustior
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Yellowstone River, half a mile below mouth of Elk Creek (Eocene of Wyoming)
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