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Araliopsoides

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Araliopsoides
Fossil leaf imprint of Araliopsoides cretacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Araliopsoides
Berry, 1916
Species
  • A. breviloba
  • A. cretacea (type)
  • A. kiensis
  • A. minor
Synonyms
  • Araliopsis


Araliopsoides is an extinct genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae known from the Cretaceous of North America, Siberia and Eastern Europe. There are four species known; A. cretacea, the type, and A. breviloba are both known from Maryland, USA,[1] A. kiensis from Siberia,[2] and A. minor from Poland and Ukraine.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Berry, Edward Wilbur (1916). "Thallophyta. Pteridophyta. Cycadophyta. Coniferophyta. Angiospermophyta". Series of reports dealing with the systematic geology and paleontology of Maryland / Maryland Geological Survey. 6 (2): 878–884 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ Головнева & Носова (2012). Альб-сеноманская флора Западной Сибири [Albian-Cenomanian flora of Western Siberia] (in Russian). Saint Petersberg: Marathon. p. 147.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^ Halamski, Adam T (2013). "Flory liściowe najwyższej kredy południowej Polski i zachodniej Ukrainy" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 58 (2): 426.