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Caryapollenites wodehousei

Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae

Taxonomy
Caryapollenites wodehousei 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-71-1 (11.6R, 13.4D); Plate 2, Figure 9, a microspore, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is W-71, 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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Caryapollenites wodehousei Nichols and Ott p. 106 figs. Plate 2, Figures 9-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderFagales
familyJuglandaceae
genusCaryapollenitesPotonié 1960
specieswodehousei

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 wodehousei Nichols and Ott 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: Paleocene or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Caryapollenites wodehousei (type locality: 224668 236783 236794 236796 236797 236798 236799 236800 236803 236808 236809 236812 236813 236814 236815 236830 236831 236832 236834 236838 236839 236841 236842 236844 236846 236847 236848 236849 236850 236851 236888 236891)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Caryapollenites wodehousei (236721 236725 236726 236727 236728 236729 236816 236817 236818 236819 236820 236821 236822)