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Caryapollenites imparalis

Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae

Taxonomy
Caryapollenites imparalis was named by Nichols and Ott (1978) [Location of holotype specimen on slide is indicated following the method described by Traverse, 1958, Locating plant microfossils on mixed slides: Micropaleontology, v. 4, n. 2, p. 207-208, fig. 1. Repository for slides: Palynological slide collection of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Central Region, Denver, Colorado.]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Slide W-78-2 (11.7R, 9.1D); Plate 2, Figure 4, a microspore, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is W-78, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. circulus, C. prodromus-imparalis type, C. simplex, C. wodehouseia
Entered
by P. Jardine on 2022-03-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Caryapollenites imparalis Nichols and Ott p. 105 figs. Plate 2, Figures 4-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
—Rosids
—Eurosids
—Fabid
orderFagales
familyJuglandaceae
genusCaryapollenitesPotonié 1960
speciesimparalis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Caryapollenites imparalis Nichols and Ott 1978
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Diagnosis
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