Saxonipollis
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]
| Saxonipollis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| (unranked): | |
| (unranked): | |
| (unranked): | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Saxonipollis |
| Species: | S. saxonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Saxonipollis saxonicus Krutzsch (1970) | |
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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.