Monanthesia

Monanthesia
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Order: †Bennettitales
Family: †Cycadeoidaceae
Genus: †
Wieland, 1934
Species
  • †M. saxbyana R.Br.[1]
  • †M. magnifica[1]
  • †M. gigantea[1]

Monanthesia is an extinct genus of bennettitalean plant that is known from fossil finds in Europe and North America, which existed during the Early Cretaceous period.

Species

At least three species have been named:[1]

  • Monanthesia saxbyana[1]
  • Monanthesia magnifica[1]
  • Monanthesia gigantea[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Watson, Joan; Lydon, Susannah J (2004). "The bennettitalean trunk genera Cycadeoidea and Monanthesia in the Purbeck, Wealden and Lower Greensand of southern England: A reassessment". Cretaceous Research. 25: 1–26. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2003.10.003.


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