Icacinicaryites is an extinct genus of flowering plant belonging to the order Icacinales and family Icacinaceae. Specimens have been found Paleocene beds in the Western Interior of North America [1][4] and in the Paris Basin.[5][2]

Icacinicaryites
Temporal range: Paleocene
~66–56 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Icacinales
Family: Icacinaceae
Tribe: Iodeae
Genus: Icacinicaryites
Pigg, Manchester, and Devore 2008
Species[1][2][3]

I. corruga
I. israelii
I. lichensis
I. lotii

The taxonomy of I. israelii is disputed.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Pigg, Kathleen B.; Manchester, Steven R.; DeVore, Melanie L. (July 2008). "Fruits of Icacinaceae (Tribe Iodeae) from the Late Paleocene of western North America". American Journal of Botany. 95 (7): 824–832. doi:10.3732/ajb.2007340. PMID 21632408.
  2. ^ a b Del Rio, Cédric; Thomas, Romain; De Franceschi, Dario (December 2017). "Fruits of Icacinaceae Miers from the Palaeocene of the Paris Basin (Oise, France)". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 108 (4): 459–469. Bibcode:2017EESTR.108..459D. doi:10.1017/S1755691018000221. S2CID 135177730.
  3. ^ a b Del Rio, Cédric; De Franceschi, Dario (February 2020). "Fossil record of the Icacinaceae and its paleogeographic implications" (PDF). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 273: 104135. Bibcode:2020RPaPa.27304135D. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.104135. S2CID 210633281.
  4. ^ Berry, Keith (April 2018). "Icacinaceae in the Early Middle Paleocene Raton Formation, Colorado". The Mountain Geologist. 55 (2): 75–86. doi:10.31582/rmag.mg.55.2.75. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ^ Rio, Cédric Del; De Franceschi, Dario (6 February 2020). "Icacinaceae fossil fruits from three sites of the Paris Basin (early Eocene, France): local diversity and global biogeographic implications". Geodiversitas. 42 (2): 17. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a2. S2CID 211228402.