Monanthesia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Order: | †Bennettitales |
Family: | †Cycadeoidaceae |
Genus: | †Monanthesia Wieland, 1934 |
Species | |
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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:
References
- ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Monanthesia |
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