Drewria potomacensis Crane and Upchurch, Jr. 1987

Gnetopsida - Gnetales

Full reference: P.R. Crane and G. R. Upchurch, Jr. 1987. Drewria potomacensis gen. et sp. nov., an Early Cretaceous member of Gnetales from the Potomac Group of Virginia. American Journal of Botany 74(11):1722-1736

Belongs to Drewria according to P.R. Crane and G. R. Upchurch 1987

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMMP 65414b ("stem with a swollen node bearing a pair of opposite leaves and the terminal dichasium"). Its type locality is Drewrys Bluff, which is in an Aptian fluvial-lacustrine claystone in Virginia.

Distribution: found only at Drewrys Bluff

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