Table 2 Comparison of Scirpus weichangensis X.Q. Liang, sp. nov. with other fossil species
Species | Shape | 3-sided | Length (mm) | Width (mm) | Surface | Bristle | Barbellae (μ) | Site | Epoch | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fossil | Obovate | + | 0.88 ± 0.04 | 0.65 ± 0.05 | Net | 3 | Apical half | Weichang, China | Miocene | This study |
S. foveolatus Nikitin | Obovate | + | 2.5–3.4 | 1.2–2.0 | Polygonal and isodiametric |  |  | Tyumen | Oliocene | Nikitin 2006 |
S. clavatus Nikitin |  | + | 1.6–2.1 | 0.5–0.7 |  |  |  | Novosibirsk | Oliocene | Nikitin 2006 |
S. chandlerae Nikitin | Ovate-obovate | + | 1.2–1.6 | 0.9–1.1 |  |  |  | Tomsk | Oliocene | Nikitin 2006 |
S. nagorskyi Dorofeev |  |  | 0.9–1.0 | 0.3–0.5 |  |  |  | Tomsk | Miocene | Dorofeev 1963 |
S. novorossicus Doweld | Ovate | + | 1.4–2.1 | 0.6–1.0 |  |  |  | Odessa, Ukraine | Miocene | Doweld 2018 |
S. atroviroides Wieliczk | Obovate | Â | 0.9 | 0.55 | Small-celled | Â | Â | Czarnucha | Pliocene | Stachowicz-Rybka 2005 |
Scirpus sp. | Obovate |  |  |  | Longitudinal rows of cells | 6–8 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | Pleistocene | Bhandari et al. 2009 |