Gnafalea Cantrill and Nichols 1996

Dicotyledoneae - Rosidae - Rosidae

Full reference: D. J. Cantrill and G. J. Nichols. 1996. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of Early Cretaceous (Late Albian) angiosperm leaves from Alexander Island, Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 92(1-2):1-28

Parent taxon: Rosidae according to D. J. Cantrill and G. J. Nichols 1996

Sister taxa: Anisodromum, Haloragidales, Linales, Podostemales, Polygalales, Rhizophorales

Subtaxa: none

Type: Gnafalea jeffersonii

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Site KG. 4737, Citadel Bastion, Alexander Island (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

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