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.[1]

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Fischeripollis
Temporal range: Eocene
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Photomicrographs of Fischeripollis pollen (1–5) taken at 788× magnification
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Fischeripollis
Muller (1981)
Species
  • Fischeripollis sp. A Truswell & Macphail
  • Fischeripollis halensis Truswell & Marchant (1986)
  • Fischeripollis krutschei Muller (1981)
  • Fischeripollis undulatus
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F. halensis was described based on fossilised pollen from sediments in the Hale Basin of central Australia, dated to the middle-late Eocene (48 to 34 million years ago).[2] F. krutschei was discovered in Saxony, Germany. F. undulatus was also native to Europe.

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