Saxonipollis
| Saxonipollis Temporal range: Eocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | Saxonipollis |
| Species: | S. saxonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Saxonipollis saxonicus Krutzsch (1970) | |
Saxonipollis saxonicus is an extinct plant species. It was possibly carnivorous. 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]
References
- ↑ Krutzsch, W. 1970. Zur Kenntnis fossiler disperser Tetradenpollen. Paläontologische Abhandlungen Abteilung B, Paläobotanik 3(3): 399–433.
- ↑ Degreef, J.D. 1997. Fossil Aldrovanda. PDF (263 KiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 26(3): 93–97.
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