Saxonipollis saxonicus

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Saxonipollis saxonicus
Fossil range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Saxonipollis
Species: S. saxonicus
Binomial name
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

  1. ^ Krutzsch, W. 1970. Zur Kenntnis fossiler disperses Tetradenpollen. Abh. Zentr. Geol. Inst. (Berlin), Palaeontol. Abh., B. 3(3): 399-433.
  2. ^ Degreef, J.D. 1997. Fossil Aldrovanda.PDF (263 KiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 26(3): 93–97.
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