Angiospermae - Alismatales - Posidoniaceae
Synonym: Caulinites Brongniart 1828
Parent taxon: Posidoniaceae according to C. den Hartog and J. Kuo 2006
See also Chandler 1961, den Hartog 1970, Ettinghausen 1880, Fritel 1909, Hosius and Von der Marck 1880 and Stockmans 1936
Sister taxon: Posidocea
Subtaxa: Caulinites beckeri Caulinites parisiensis Caulinites sheppyensis Caulinites sparganioides Caulinites spinosa Posidonia australis Posidonia caulini Posidonia cretacea Posidonia oceanica Posidonia ostenfeldii
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Spain (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (9), the United Kingdom (2)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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