Fischeripollis
Extinct genus of carnivorous plants
Fischeripollis Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Photomicrographs of Fischeripollis pollen (1–5) taken at 788× magnification | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Droseraceae |
Genus: | †Fischeripollis Muller (1981) |
Species | |
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Fischeripollis is a genus of extinct plants in the family Droseraceae. Several species have been formally described and another has been temporarily designated Fischeripollis sp. A.[1]
F. halensis was described based on fossilised pollen from sediments in the Hale Basin of central Australia, dated to the middle-late Eocene (48 to 34 million years ago).[2] F. krutschei was discovered in Saxony, Germany. F. undulatus was also native to Europe.
References
- ^ Macphail, M.K. & E.M. Truswell 2003. "3. Palynology of Site 1166, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica" (PDF). (3.10 MiB) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results 188.
- ^ Truswell, E.M. & N.G. Marchant 1986. Early Tertiary pollen of probable Droseracean affinity from central Australia. Spec. Pap.—Palaeontol. 35: 163-178.
External links
- Fischeripollis sp. A pollen
- Fischeripollis sp. A pollen
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(† extinct)
- Aldrovanda
- †Archaeamphora?
- Brocchinia
- Byblis
- Catopsis
- Cephalotus
- Darlingtonia
- Dionaea
- Drosera
- †Droserapites
- †Droserapollis
- †Droseridites
- Drosophyllum
- †Fischeripollis
- Genlisea
- Heliamphora
- Nepenthes
- †Palaeoaldrovanda?
- Philcoxia
- Pinguicula
- Roridula
- Sarracenia
- †Saxonipollis
- Triantha
- Triphyophyllum
- Utricularia
- Aracamunia
- Capsella
- Colura
- Dipsacus
- Drymocallis
- Geranium
- Ibicella
- Lathraea
- Paepalanthus
- Passiflora
- Plumbago
- Proboscidea
- Stylidium
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