Menucoa Petriella 1969 (cycads)

Cycadopsida - Cycadales - Cycadaceae

Full reference: B. Petriella. 1969. Menucoa cazaui nov. gen. et. sp. tronco petrificado de Cycadales, provincia de Rio Negro, Argentina. Ameghiniana VI(4):291-302

Parent taxon: Cycadaceae according to B. Petriella 1969

See also Blazer 1975

Sister taxa: Beaniopsis, Ctenophyllum, Ctenopsis, Cycadinocarpus, Cycadites, Cycadospadix, Cycas, Dichotozamites, Dioonites, Encephalartopsis, Encephalartos, Glossozamites, Leprospermum, Leptocycas, Microzamia, Platypterygium, Sphenozamites, Zamiopsis, Zamiostrobus

Subtaxa: Menucoa cazaui

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Type: Menucoa cazaui

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Faldeo Oeste del Cerro Cuadrado ( of Argentina)

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