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Monanthesia

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Monanthesia
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Order: Bennettitales
Family: Cycadeoidaceae
Genus: Monanthesia
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

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At least three species have been named:[1]

References

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  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.