Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
Full reference: R. W. J. van der Ham, J. H. A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, and L. Inderherberge. 2007. Seagrass foliage from the Maastrichtian type area (Maastrichtian, Danian, NE Belgium, SE Netherlands). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 144(3-4):301-321
Parent taxon: Hydrocharitaceae according to C. Panti et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Elodea, Enhalus, Eotrapa, Halophila, Halophiloideae, Hydrocharis, Hydrocharites, Ottelia, Stratiotes, Stratiotites, Thalassia, Thalassioideae, Thalassites, Vallisnerioideae
Subtaxa: Thalassotaenia debeyi Thalassotaenia notophyllum
Type: Thalassotaenia debeyi
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (5), the Netherlands (12)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
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