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Nelumbopollenites patagonicus
Discussion
The epithet patagonicus refers to the South American Patagonia region
Taxonomy
Nelumbopollenites patagonicus was named by De Benedetti et al. (2023). Its type specimen is MPEF-PA 622, a microspore, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Bosta (CBO) (Paleobotany), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine siltstone in the La Colonia Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Nelumbopollenites patagonicus De Benedetti et al. p. 3 |
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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.
†Nelumbopollenites patagonicus De Benedetti et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. De Benedetti et al. 2023 | Pollen grain tricolpate, prolate, amb circular, oval in equatorial view. Colpi long, extended to the poles. Exine up to 3 μm thick, two-layered, sexine thicker than nexine, semitectate. Tectum thick, supported by short columellae. Sexine rugulate-foveolate/reticulate. |