Concavistylon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Trochodendrales |
Family: | Trochodendraceae |
Genus: | †Concavistylon |
Species: | †C. kvacekii
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Binomial name | |
†Concavistylon kvacekii Manchester, Pigg, & DeVore, 2018
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Concavistylon is an extinct genus of flowering plant in the family Trochodendraceae comprising a single species Concavistylon kvacekii. The genus is known from fossils found in Middle Miocene deposits of central Oregon. A second species "Concavistylon" wehrii was originally placed in Concavistylon, but subsequently moved to a new genus Paraconcavistylon in 2020.