Teixeiraea is an extinct genus of eudicot plants which was found in Vale de Agua 320, Portugal during the Cretaceous period. It was first named by M. von Balthazar, K. Raunsgaard Pedersen and E. M. Friis in 2005 and the type species is Teixeiraea lusitanica.[1]

Teixeiraea
Temporal range: early Cretaceous
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Teixeiraea

M. von Balthazar et al. 2005
Species
  • T. lusitanica M. von Balthazar et al. 2005

References edit

  1. ^ M. von Balthazar; K. Raunsgaard Pedersen; E. M. Friis (2005). "Teixeiraea lusitanica, a new fossil flower from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal with affinities to Ranunculales". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 255 (1/2): 55–75.