†Aquia brookensis Crane et al. 1993
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Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae
Full reference: P. R. Crane, K. R. Pedersen, E. M. Friis and A. N. Drinnan. 1993. Early Cretaceous (Early to Middle Albian) platanoid inflorescences associated with Sapindopsis leaves from the Potomac Group of eastern North America. Syst Bot 18:328-344
Belongs to Aquia according to P. R. Crane et al. 1993
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PP42954 (holotype). Its type locality is Bank near Brooke, which is in an Albian/Albian crevasse splay siltstone in the Patapsco Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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