Saxonipollis saxonicus
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Saxonipollis saxonicus Fossil range: Eocene |
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Saxonipollis saxonicus Krutzsch (1970) |
Saxonipollis saxonicus is an extinct plant species. It is known only from fossilised pollen found in Eocene deposits of East Germany.[1]
S. saxonicus was possibly a precursor to Aldrovanda, or a close relative to its precursor.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Krutzsch, W. 1970. Zur Kenntnis fossiler disperses Tetradenpollen. Abh. Zentr. Geol. Inst. (Berlin), Palaeontol. Abh., B. 3(3): 399-433.
- ^ Degreef, J.D. 1997. Fossil Aldrovanda.PDF (263 KiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 26(3): 93–97.
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