Araliopsoides

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Araliopsoides
Red rock with the fossil imprint of a three-lobed leaf on one surface
Fossil leaf imprint of Araliopsoides cretacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Araliopsoides
Berry, 1916
Species
  • A. breviloba
  • A. cretacea (type)
  • A. kiensis
  • A. minor
Synonyms
  • Araliopsis

Araliopsoides is an extinct genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae known from the Cretaceous of North America, Siberia and Eastern Europe. There are four species known; A. cretacea, the type, and A. breviloba are both known from Maryland, USA,[1] A. kiensis from Siberia,[2] and A. minor from Poland and Ukraine.[3]

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