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Carpolithus is an
extinct genus of
fossilized seeds known from the
Paleozoic Era and the
Pleistocene Epoch of the
Cenozoic Era. The term
Carpolithus derives...
- by
Edward W.
Berry in 1930 from the
Holly Hills sand of
Tennessee as
Carpolithus banisteroides and
Simaroubites eocenica respectively. The two fossils...
- be progymnosperm: leaves:
Noeggerathia Conifer leaves:
Walchia Seeds:
Carpolithus, Cornucarpus,
Samaropsis Palaeontologists have
described many species...
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member USA Tennessee
Named as a
flower or
fruit of
uncertain affinity.
Carpolithus aggregatus Species nov
Berry Eocene Tallahatta Formation Holly Springs...
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questioned by
Alexander Wetmore (1930)
Brown (1934)
moves the
species to
Carpolithus filiferus A
second group of
fossils is
described as a cactus, Eopuntia...
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Novelty Status Authors Age Unit
Location Synonymized taxa
Notes Images Carpolithus pteraformis Sp nov jr
synonym Berry Miocene Latah Formation USA Washington...
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fayettevillensis A.
gracilentus A.
umbralis A.
wedingtonensis Bothrodendron Carpolithus C.
inquirenda Cardiopteris C.
hirta Chlamidostachys C. chesteri**** Lepidocystis...
- Collinson, Manchester, &
Wilde (2012)
described but did not name 63
distinct Carpolithus morphotypes from the
Messel Formation. The
first foray into
Messel palynology...
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Bartonian Salmon Flora USA Idaho An
Arctostaphylos foliage morphospecies Carpolithus pteraformis Sp nov
Brown Miocene Latah Formation USA Idaho A fruit...
- found.
Flora include Lepidodendron, Calamites, Aneimites, Diplotnema,
Carpolithus, Genselina. In addition,
countless spores can be found.
Photograph of...
