Fischeripollis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivorous plants}}

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| image_caption = Photomicrographs of Fischeripollis pollen (1–5) taken at 788× magnification

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| taxon = Fischeripollis

| authority = Muller (1981)

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  • Fischeripollis sp. A Truswell & Macphail
  • Fischeripollis halensis Truswell & Marchant (1986)
  • Fischeripollis krutschei Muller (1981)
  • Fischeripollis undulatus

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Fischeripollis is a genus of extinct plants in the family Droseraceae. Several species have been formally described and another has been temporarily designated Fischeripollis sp. A.Macphail, M.K. & E.M. Truswell 2003. {{cite web|url= http://odp.pangaea.de/publications/188_SR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/013.PDF |title=3. Palynology of Site 1166, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. }} {{small|(3.10 MiB)}} Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results 188.

F. halensis was described based on fossilised pollen from sediments in the Hale Basin of central Australia, dated to the middle-late Eocene ({{Period span/brief|Middle Eocene|Late Eocene}}).Truswell, E.M. & N.G. Marchant 1986. Early Tertiary pollen of probable Droseracean affinity from central Australia. Spec. Pap.—Palaeontol. 35: 163-178. F. krutschei was discovered in Saxony, Germany. F. undulatus was also native to Europe.

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