†Exnelumbites Estrada-Ruiz et al. 2011 (lotus)
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Angiospermae - Proteales - Nelumbonaceae
Full reference: E. Estrada-Ruiz, G. R. Upchurch Jr., J.A. Wolfe and S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz. 2011. Comparative Morphology of Fossil and Extant Leaves of Nelumbonaceae, Including a New Genus from the Late Cretaceous of Western North America. Systematic Botany 36(2):337-351
Parent taxon: Nelumbonaceae according to E. Estrada-Ruiz et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Nelumbago, Nelumbo, Nelumbopollenites
Subtaxa: Exnelumbites callejasiae
Type: Exnelumbites callejasiae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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