Nelumbites extenuinervis Upchurch et al. 1994 (water lily)

Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae

Full reference: G. R. Upchurch, P. R. Crane, and A. N. Drinnan. 1994. The Megaflora from the Quantico Locality (Upper Albian), Lower Cretaceous Potomac Group of Virginia. Virginia Museum of Natural History 4:1-57

Belongs to Nelumbites according to G. R. Upchurch et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Nelumbites minimus, Nelumbites primaeva, Nelumbites tenuinervis, Nelumbites virginiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quantico Locality, which is in the Albian of claystone Virginia

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Quantico Locality

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