Montsechia
Sign in to saveMontsechia is an extinct genus of aquatic plants containing the species Montsechia vidalii, described from Spain. M. vidalii lived about 130 million years ago, during the Barremian age, and appears to be the earliest known flowering plant macrofossil. It has affinities with the modern genus Ceratophyllum. It has been placed in the ceratophyllalean family Montsechiaceae.
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It is catalogued under topics including Cretaceous angiosperms, Early Cretaceous plants and Prehistoric angiosperm genera.
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Montsechia is an extinct genus of aquatic plants containing the species Montsechia vidalii, described from Spain. M. vidalii lived about 130 million years ago, during the Barremian age, and appears to be the earliest known flowering plant macrofossil. It has affinities with the modern genus Ceratophyllum. It has been placed in the ceratophyllalean family Montsechiaceae.
==See also== Archaefructus
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