Landonia calophylla Upchurch and Dilcher 1990

Angiospermae - Laurales

Full reference: G. R. Upchurch and D. L. Dilcher. 1990. Cenomanian Angiosperm Leaf Megafossils, Dakota Formation, Rose Creek Locality, Jefferson County, Southeastern Nebraska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1915

Belongs to Landonia according to Upchurch and Dilcher 1990

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: 15713-4881A, 4881A" (part and counterpart). Its type locality is Rose Creek Locality, which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian fluvial claystone/sandstone in the Dakota Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Nebraska, Virginia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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