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]
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References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.03.001.
- ^ "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.
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