Hamatia Pedersen et al. 1994

Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae

Full reference: K. R. Pedersen, E. M. Friis, C. R. Crane and A. N. Drinnan. 1994. Reproductive structures of an extinct platanoid from the Early Cretaceous (latest Albian) of eastern North America. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 80:291-303

Parent taxon: Platanaceae according to K. R. Pedersen et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Aquia, Aspidiophyllum, Credneria, Langeranthus, Langeria, Macginicarpa, Macginistemon, Macginitiea, Platananthus, Plataninium, Platanites, Platanocarpus, Platanophyllum, Platanoxylon, Platanus, Pseudoaspidiophyllum

Subtaxa: Hamatia elkneckensis

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Type: Hamatia elkneckensis

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at The Bull Mountain locality (Cretaceous of Maryland)

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