Liriodendrites

Liriodenrites is an extinct genus of plant from the family Magnoliaceae.[1] Four species are known: L. bradacii,[2] L. laramiense.,[3] L. occidentalis[4] and L. sachalinensis.[4] It has been discovered in the United States (Hell Creek Formation), Egypt (Bahariya Formation) and Russia (Sakhalin and Siberia).

Liriodendrites Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Paleocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Magnoliaceae
Genus:	†Liriodendrites Kirk, 1996
Species
†L. bradacii Kirk, 1996 †L. laramiense Kirk, 1996 (Kirk, 1989) †L. occidentalis Alekseev, 2010 †L. sachalinensis Aleskeev, 2010
Synonyms
Liriodendron laramiense Kirk, 1989

References

1. Donovan, Michael P.; Wilf, Peter; Labandeira, Conrad C.; Johnson, Kirk R.; Peppe, Daniel J. (2014-07-24). "Novel Insect Leaf-Mining after the End-Cretaceous Extinction and the Demise of Cretaceous Leaf Miners, Great Plains, USA". PLOS ONE. 9 (7): e103542. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j3542D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103542. PMC 4110055. PMID 25058404.
2. Johnson, Kirk R. 1996. Description of seven common fossil leaf species from the Hell Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Upper Maastrichtian), North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. Proceedings of the Denver Museum of Natural History. ser. 3 (12): 47 pp.
3. Kirk R. Johnson; See: Johnson, Kirk R. 1989. A high-resolution megafloral biostratigraphy spanning the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the northern Great Plains. Ph.D Dissertation. Yale University, New Haven. [Volume=I-II.].; Note: "Primary type" of HC166
4. Alekseev, P. I. (2010). "Genus Liriodendrites in Cretaceous and early Paleogene floras of Northern Asia". Paleontological Journal. 43 (10): 1181–1189. doi:10.1134/S0031030109100013. ISSN 0031-0301. S2CID 140692794.