Bombacacidites grahamii Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001

Angiospermae - Malvales - Bombacaceae

Full reference: C. A. Jaramillo and D. L. Dilcher. 2001. Middle Paleogene palynology of Central Colombia, South America: A study of pollen and spores from tropical latitudes. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 258(4-6):87-213

Belongs to Bombacacidites according to C. A. Jaramillo and D. L. Dilcher 2001

Sister taxa: Bombacacidites annae, Bombacacidites assamicus, Bombacacidites brevis, Bombacacidites fossureticulatus, Bombacacidites foveoreticulatus, Bombacacidites gonzalezii, Bombacacidites isoreticulatus, Bombacacidites nacimientoensis, Bombacacidites protofoveoreticulatus, Bombacacidites psilatus, Bombacacidites simplireticulatus, Bombacacidites soleaformis, Bombacacidites trilobatus

Type specimen: UFP 53, 21 X 99.3, a microspore (Pollen grain). Its type locality is Regadera UFP 53, Catatumbo, Colombia, which is in an Eocene fluvial-deltaic sandstone/mudstone in the Mirador Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Regadera UFP 53, Catatumbo, Colombia

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