Paisia[1] is an extinct genus of eudicot plants from the Cretaceous period. Found in the Almargem Formation, Early Cretaceous (late Barremian–early Albian) near Catefica, Portugal, it was first named by Else Marie Friis, Mário Miguel Mendes and Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen in 2018.[2][3] The type species is Paisia pantoporata.[4][5]

Paisia
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Paisia

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Species
  • Paisia pantoporata Friis et al. 2018

References

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  1. ^ "Paisia". Plant Fossil Names. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Prehistoric Ranunculales". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  3. ^ Else Marie Friis; Mário Miguel Mendes; Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen (2018). "Paisia, an Early Cretaceous eudicot angiosperm flower with pantoporate pollen from Portugal". Grana. 57 (1–2): 1–15. Bibcode:2018Grana..57....1F. doi:10.1080/00173134.2017.1310292. hdl:10400.1/11975. S2CID 89962677.
  4. ^ Friis, Else Marie; Crane, Peter R.; Pedersen, Kaj Raunsgaard; Mendes, Mário Miguel; Kvaček, Jiří (2022). "Paisia pantoporata". doi:10.5281/zenodo.7535343. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. ^ Else Marie Friis; Peter R. Crane; Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen; Mário Miguel Mendes; Jiří Kvaček. "The Early Cretaceous mesofossil flora of Catefica, Portugal: angiosperms". Retrieved 18 October 2023.