Brasenites

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Brasenites
Temporal range: 145–100.5 Ma Early Cretaceous[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Cabombaceae
Genus: †Brasenites
Wang et Dilcher[1]
Species:
†B. kansense
Binomial name
†Brasenites kansense
Wang et Dilcher[1]

Brasenites kansense was a species of aquatic plant, which occurred in the early Cretaceous period of the United States of America.[1]

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Brasenites kansense has suborbicular to orbicular, petiolate, peltate leaves with entire margins. The orbicular leaves are 6-8 cm wide, and the suborbicular leaves are 7.5-12.2 cm long, and 6-10.1 cm wide. The leaf venation is actinodromous.[1]

Taxonomy

Publication

It was published by Hongshan Wang and David L. Dilcher in 2006.[1]

Type specimen

The type specimen was collected in Barton County, Kansas, USA.[1]

Position within Nymphaeales

It is placed in the family Cabombaceae.[1][2]

Etymology

The generic name Brasenites expresses an association to the genus Brasenia. The specific epithet kansense refers to Kansas, USA.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Wang, H., & Dilcher, D. L. (2006). "Aquatic angiosperms from the Dakota Formation (Albian, Lower Cretaceous), Hoisington III locality, Kansas, USA." International Journal of Plant Sciences, 167(2), 385-401.
  2. ^ Brasenites kansense. (n.d.). Paleobiology Database PBDB. Retrieved February 4, 2024, from https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=192266&is_real_user=1
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