†Platanocarpus marylandensis Friis et al. 1988
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Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae
Full reference: E. M. Friis, P. R. Crane, and K. R. Pedersen. 1988. Reproductive structures of Cretaceous Platanaceae. Biologiske Skrifter Det Kongelige Danske Videnskskabernes Selskab 31:1-55
Belongs to Platanocarpus according to E. M. Friis et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Platanocarpus brookensis, Platanocarpus carolinensis, Platanocarpus elkneckensis
Type specimen: PP34576. Its type locality is West Brothers locality, which is in an Albian fluvial horizon in the Patapsco Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at West Brothers locality
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