Scutifolium

{{Short description|Species of aquatic plant}} {{Speciesbox |fossil_range = {{Fossil range |145|100.5}}<small>Early Cretaceous<ref name = "Taylor et al., 2008" /></small> |image = |image_caption = |genus = Scutifolium |parent_authority = Taylor, Brenner & Basha<ref name = "Taylor et al., 2008" /> |species = jordanicum |authority = Taylor, Brenner & Basha<ref name = "Taylor et al., 2008" /> |synonyms = |synonyms_ref = |range_map = |range_map_caption = |extinct = yes }}

'''''Scutifolium jordanicum''''' was a species of aquatic plant, which occurred in the lower Cretaceous period of Jordan.<ref name = "Taylor et al., 2008">Taylor, D. W., Brenner, G. J., & Basha, S. D. H. (2008). [https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.3732/ajb.95.3.340 "''Scutifolium jordanicum'' gen. et sp. nov.(Cabombaceae), an aquatic fossil plant from the Lower Cretaceous of Jordan, and the relationships of related leaf fossils to living genera."] American Journal of Botany, 95(3), 340-352.</ref>

==Description== ===Vegetative characteristics=== The petiolate, symmetrical, microphyllous, elliptical leaves of ''Scutifolium jordanicum'' are 22-51 mm long, and 19-37 mm wide.<ref name = "Taylor et al., 2008" />

==Taxonomy== ===Publication=== It was published by David Winship Taylor, Gilbert J. Brenner, and Sa’d Hasan Basha in 2008.<ref name = "Taylor et al., 2008" />

===Type specimen=== The type specimen was collected in Mahis, Jordan.<ref name = "Taylor et al., 2008" />

===Position within Nymphaeales=== It is placed in the family Cabombaceae.<ref name = "Taylor et al., 2008" />

==Etymology== The generic name ''Scutifolium'' is derived from the Latin ''scutum'' meaning shield and ''folium'' meaning leaf. The specific epithet ''jordanicum'' means "from Jordan".<ref name = "Taylor et al., 2008" />

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Scutifolium Category:Cretaceous plants Category:Cretaceous angiosperms Category:Prehistoric angiosperm genera Category:Fossil taxa described in 2008 Category:Nymphaeales genera