Monanthesia

Monanthesia is an extinct genus of bennettitalean plant that is known from fossil finds in Europe and North America, which existed during the Early Cretaceous period.

Monanthesia
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Spermatophyta
Division:
Cycadeoidophyta
Order:
Bennettitales
Family:
Cycadeoidaceae
Genus:
Monanthesia

Wieland, 1934
species
  • M. saxbyana R.Br.[1]
  • M. magnifica[1]
  • M. gigantea[1]

Species

At least three species have been named:[1]

  • Monanthesia saxbyana[1]
  • Monanthesia magnifica[1]
  • Monanthesia gigantea[1]

References
  1. Watson, Joan; Lydon, Susannah J (2004). "The bennettitalean trunk genera Cycadeoidea and Monanthesia in the Purbeck, Wealden and Lower Greensand of southern England: A reassessment". Cretaceous Research. 25: 1. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2003.10.003.
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