Ploufolia

Ploufolia
Temporal range: Albian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Nymphaeales
Genus:
Ploufolia

Sender et al., 2010
Species

Ploufolia cerciforme

Ploufolia is an extinct genus of plants in the order Nymphaeales. It existed in northeastern Spain during the Upper Albian period. One specimen of a species named Ploufolia cerciforme was discovered in 2010 at the Utrillas Formation, near Plou, Teruel Province; the genus name is derived from the locality of Plou.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Ploufolia L.M. Sender, B. Gomez, J.B. Diez, C. Coiffard, C. Martín-Closas C, U. Villanueva-Amadoz & J. Ferrer, 2010 †". Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. 2011-05-08.
  2. ^ Sender, L.M.; Gomez, B.; Diez, J.B.; Coiffard, C.; Martín-Closas, C.; Villanueva-Amadoz, U.; Ferrer, J. (2010). "Ploufolia cerciforme gen. et comb. nov.: Aquatic angiosperm leaves from the Upper Albian of north-eastern Spain". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 161 (1–2): 77–86. Bibcode:2010RPaPa.161...77S. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.03.001.
  3. ^ "Investigadores de Zaragoza hallan fósiles de plantas de hace 100 millones de años" [Zaragoza researchers find plant fossils from 100 million years ago]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 2010-06-01.