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Caryapollenites prodromus
Taxonomy
Caryapollenites prodromus 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 PR-2-1 (16.8R, 17.7D); Plate 2, Figure 1, a microspore, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PR-2, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Caryapollenites prodromus Nichols and Ott p. 105 figs. Plate 2, Figures 1-3 |
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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.
†Caryapollenites prodromus Nichols and Ott 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Reference: Kiessling 2009 | |||||