Nicolia aegyptiaca

Nicolia aegyptiaca; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ; 85–71 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Cross-sections of fossilized specimens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Genus:	†Nicolia; Unger, 1842
Species:	†N. aegyptiaca
Binomial name
	†Nicolia aegyptiaca; Unger, 1842
Synonyms
	Aachenosaurus Smets, 1888; Aachenoxylon Hovelacque, 1889/90;

Nicolia is a genus of fossilized wood from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian-Campanian) of Belgium and Egypt.^[1] At one time, specimens were misidentified as a jaw fragments of an ornithopod dinosaur and named Aachenosaurus.^[2]^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Nicolia". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ H. N. Andrews. (1970). Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820-1965. Geological Survey Bulletin 1-354
^ Cite error: The named reference Smets was invoked but never defined (see the help page).