Platanites

Platanites
A specimen of Platanites marginata from the Hell Creek Formation
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Platanaceae
Genus: †Platanites
Forbes ex Gardner 1851
Species
  • †Platanites hebridicus
  • †Platanites marginatus
  • †Platanites montanus
  • †Platanites raynoldsii
  • †Platanites fremontensis
Species pending reassessment
    • †Platanites willigeri?
Synonyms
Species synonymy
  • Negundo fremontensis

Platanites is a genus of extinct plane tree (sycamore) that existed during the Late Cretaceous as well as the Paleocene and Eocene. Fossils are known from North America and Europe.

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