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Credneria Temporal range: Cretaceous |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
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†Credneria Zenker |
Credneria (Zenker 1833) is an extinct genus in the family Salicaceae or Platanaceae of broad-leaf trees similar to extinct Platanus species that appeared during the Cretaceous. Its foliage is preserved in sandstone and less often in siltstone. The leaves are typically obovate with a pinnate-actinodromous venation and distinct suprabasal veins.
Known species are: