†Metzgeriites montanensis Lapasha and Miller 1985 (liverwort)
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Marchantiopsida - Metzgeriales
Full reference: C. A. Lapasha and C. N. Miller. 1985. Flora of the Early Cretaceous Kootenai Formation in Montana, Bryophytes and Tracheophytes Excluding Conifers. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 196:111-145
Belongs to Metzgeriites according to C. A. Lapasha and C. N. Miller 1985
Sister taxon: Metzgeriites glebosus
Type specimen: UMPM No.928. Its type locality is Great Falls Locality 15, which is in an Aptian lacustrine shale/sandstone in the Kootenai Formation of Montana.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Great Falls Locality 15
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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