Biology:Phoenicites

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Short description: Extinct genus of palms

Phoenicites
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Miocene
Arecaceae - Phoenicites.JPG
Fossil of Phoenicites from Italy
Scientific classification
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Plantae
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Monocots
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Phoenicites

Brongniart 1828

Phoenicites is a genus of fossil flowering plants belonging to the Angiospermae.[1]

Fossil record

Fossil from the Vegroni mountain (collection of the Giovanni Capellini Geological Museum, in Italy

These fossils have been found in the Miocene of Switzerland, Oligocene of Germany, in the Cretaceous of United States (Age range: 70.6 to 5.332 Ma).[2] and in the Vegroni mountain of Italy.[3]

Bibliography

References

Wikidata ☰ Q41804831 entry