Saxonipollis Explained

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 saxonicus was possibly a precursor to Aldrovanda, or a close relative to its precursor.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Krutzsch, Wilfried 1970. Zur Kenntnis fossiler disperser Tetradenpollen. Paläontologische Abhandlungen Abteilung B, Paläobotanik 3(3): 399–433
  2. Degreef, J.D. 1997. Web site: Fossil Aldrovanda. .   Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 26(3): 93–97.

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