Monanthesia

Monanthesia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Spermatophyta
Subdivision:	Cycadophyta
Class:	Spermatopsida
Order:	Bennettitales
Family:	Cycadeoidaceae
Genus:	Monanthesia Wieland ex Delevoryas
species
M. saxbyana R.Br.^[1] M. magnifica^[1] M. gigantea^[1]

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 periods. At least three species have been named.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 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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