Scutifolium Taylor et al. 2008

Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Cabombaceae

Full reference: D. W. Taylor, G. J. Brenner, and S. H. Basha. 2008. Scutifolium jordanicum gen. et sp. nov. (Cabombaceae), an aquatic fossil plant from the Lower Cretaceous of Jordan, and the relationships of related leaf fossils to living genera. American Journal of Botany 95(3):340-352

Parent taxon: Cabombaceae according to D. W. Taylor et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Brasenites, Dusembaya, Pluricarpellatia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Scutifolium collection (Cretaceous of Jordan)

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