Welwitschiophyllum brasiliense Dilcher et al. 2005

Gnetopsida - Gnetales - Welwitschiaceae

Full reference: D. L. Dilcher, M. E. Bernardes-de-Oliveira, D. Pons and T. A. Lott. 2005. Welwitschiaceae from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil. American Journal of Botany 92(8):1294-1310

Belongs to Welwitschiophyllum according to D. L. Dilcher et al. 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: "Murilo Rodolfo de Lima" Collection, Universidade de São Paulo, GP/3E-6035, a leaf. Its type locality is Crato ("Murilo Rodolfo de Lima" collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Crato ("Murilo Rodolfo de Lima" collection)

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