Liriodendrites

Liriodendrites; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Paleocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Magnoliaceae
Genus:	†Liriodendrites; Johnson (1996)
Species
	†L. aeternus Alekseev, 2010; †L. bradacii Johnson, 1996 (type species); †L. laramiense Johnson, 1996 (Kirk, 1989); †L. occidentalis Alekseev, 2010; †L. sachalinensis Aleskeev, 2010;

Liriodendrites is an extinct genus of plants, known from fossil leaves. These have a forked apex (bifurcate), like those of extant species of Liriodendron.^[1] They have been interpreted as transitional between the leaves of the extinct genus Liriophyllum and Liriodendron.^[2] The genus has been placed in the family Magnoliaceae.^[3] Five species are known: L. aeternus,^[1] L. bradacii,^[4] L. laramiense,^[5] L. occidentalis^[1] and L. sachalinensis.^[1] It has been discovered in the United States (Hell Creek Formation), Egypt (Bahariya Formation) and Russia (Sakhalin and Siberia).