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Liriodendrites
Genus Liriodendrites K.R. Johnson Proc. Denver Mus. Nat. Hist., Series 3, (12): 3. 1 Apr 1996
- Name
- Liriodendrites
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Johnson K. R.
- Publication
- Description of seven common fossil leaf species from the Hell Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Upper Maastrichtian) North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana [1996/4]
- Journal
- Proceedings of the Denver Museum of Natural History
- Annee/Jahrgang
- Series 3
- Issue
- 12
- Page number
- 3
- Year
- 1996
- Parent Taxon
- [Order] Magnoliales
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Type
- Liriodendrites bradacii
- Diagnosis
- Leaves simple; lamina bilobed; apex deeply
emarginate; base cordate, truncate, and acute; margin
entire to undulate. Venation pinnate, with midrib terminating
in the sinus. Secondary venation brochidodromous.
Tertiary venation weakly percurrent to reticulate.
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