''Saxonipollis saxonicus'' is an

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species. It was possibly carnivorous. It is known only from fossilised

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found in

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deposits of

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.Krutzsch, Wilfried 1970. Zur Kenntnis fossiler disperser Tetradenpollen. ''Paläontologische Abhandlungen Abteilung B, Paläobotanik'' 3(3): 399–433 ''Saxonipollis saxonicus'' was possibly a precursor to ''

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'', or a close relative to its precursor.Degreef, J.D. 1997. ''

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'' 26(3): 93–97.

References

Droseraceae Extinct carnivorous plants Prehistoric angiosperm genera Eocene plants Fossil taxa described in 1970 {{paleobotany-stub