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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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Sandstone Shinarump Temple Mountain Uncommon Conifer leaves and
shoots Carpolithus C.
chinleana Arizona Blue Mesa (= "Lower
Petrified Forest") Rare Seeds...
- Collinson, Manchester, &
Wilde (2012)
described but did not name 63
distinct Carpolithus morphotypes from the
Messel Formation. The
first foray into
Messel palynology...
- (1929) A palm
fruit with
affinities to
extant Bactridinae.
Moved from
Carpolithus dicellaformis Berry (1929).
Sabalites siwalicus Sp. nov
Valid Mahato...
- valid?
Knowlton Miocene Langhian Latah Formation Coeur d'Alene
Florule Carpolithus hibiscoides Brown (1935) USA Idaho A
fruit or seed of
uncertain affinity...
- found.
Flora include Lepidodendron, Calamites, Aneimites, Diplotnema,
Carpolithus, Genselina. In addition,
countless spores can be found.
Photograph of...
