Biology:Sanmiguelia

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Short description: Species of plant

Sanmiguelia
Temporal range: Norian to Hettangian[1]
227–199.3 Ma
Sanmiguelia fossil 2.jpg
Sanmiguelia fossil at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Order:
Genus:
Sanmiguelia
Species:
S. lewisi
Binomial name
Sanmiguelia lewisi
Brown, 1956[2]

Sanmiguelia lewisi is an extinct plant genus, possibly of flowering plants. The fossil was first described from Late Triassic Chinle Formation in Colorado,[3] and later in Lower Jurassic Moenave Formation in Utah.[4][1] The species has been suggested to be one of the more primitive angiosperm fossils.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3948459 entry