Saxonipollis Temporal range: Eocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Core eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Droseraceae |
Genus: | Saxonipollis |
Species: | S. saxonicus |
Binomial name | |
Saxonipollis saxonicus Krutzsch (1970) |
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.
S. saxonicus was possibly a precursor to Aldrovanda, or a close relative to its precursor.