†Monetianthus mirus Friis et al. 2009 (water lily)
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Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Full reference: E. M. Friis, K. R. Pedersen, M. Balthazar, G. W. Grimm, and P. R. Crane. 2009. Monetianthus mirus gen. et sp. nov. a Nymphaealean flower from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal. International Journal of Plant Sciences 170(8):1086-1101
Belongs to Monetianthus according to E. M. Friis et al. 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vale de Agua 320, which is in an Aptian/Albian fluvial-lacustrine claystone in the Figueira da Foz Formation of Portugal
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Vale de Agua 320
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