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:
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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