†Donlesia Dilcher and Wang 2009 (hornwort)
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Angiospermae - Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae
Full reference: D. L. Dilcher and H. Wang. 2009. An Early Cretaceous fruit with affinities to Ceratophyllaceae. American Journal of Botany 96(12):2256-2269
Parent taxon: Ceratophyllaceae according to D. L. Dilcher and H. Wang 2009
Sister taxon: Ceratophyllum
Subtaxa: Donlesia dakotensis
Type: Donlesia dakotensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Acme Brick Co. I (Cretaceous of Kansas)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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