†Thalassotaenia notophyllum Panti et al. 2025
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Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
Full reference: C. Panti, J. I. Cuitiño, S. Noetinger, D. Perez, M. J. Tapia, A. Allende Mosquera, D. G. Gutiérrez, V. D. Barreda, and L. Palazzesi. 2025. Tropical seagrasses reached Patagonia during Miocene times. Communications Earth & Environment 6(1)
Belongs to Thalassotaenia according to C. Panti et al. 2025
Sister taxon: Thalassotaenia debeyi
Type specimen: MPEF-Pb 13603, a leaf. Its type locality is Isla Escondida, which is in a Miocene coastal mudstone/sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Isla Escondida
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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