Montsechia

Montsechia is an extinct genus of aquatic plants containing the species Montsechia vidalii, described from Spain. M. vidalii lived about 130 million years ago, during the Barremian age, and appears to be the earliest known flowering plant macrofossil.^[1][2] It has affinities with the modern genus Ceratophyllum.^[3] It has been placed in the ceratophyllalean family Montsechiaceae.^[4]

Montsechia Temporal range: Barremian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Order:	Ceratophyllales
Family:	†Montsechiaceae B.Gomez et al.
Genus:	†Montsechia C.Teixeira
Species:	†M. vidalii
Binomial name
†Montsechia vidalii (Zeiler) C.Teixeira

See also

• Archaefructus