Saxonipollis

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.

Saxonipollis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Saxonipollis
Krutzsch (1970)
Species:
S. saxonicus
Binomial name
Saxonipollis saxonicus
Krutzsch (1970)

Saxonipollis saxonicus was possibly a precursor to Aldrovanda, or a close relative to its precursor.

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