Orontium mackii
Orontium mackii is an extinct golden club species in the family Araceae described from a series of isolated fossil leaves. The species is known from Late Cretaceous sediments exposed in the state of New Mexico in the United States of America. It is one of several extinct species placed in the living golden-club genus Orontium.
Orontium mackii Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Genus: | Orontium |
Species: | †O. mackii |
Binomial name | |
†Orontium mackii Bogner, Johnson, Kvaček & Upchurch | |
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