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).
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^Johnson, Kirk R. (1996). Description of seven common fossil leaf species from the Hell Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Upper Maastrichtian), North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. Proceedings of the Denver Museum of Natural History. ser. 3 (12): 47 pp.
^Kirk R. Johnson; See: Johnson, Kirk R. (1989). A high-resolution megafloral biostratigraphy spanning the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the northern Great Plains. Ph.D Dissertation. Yale University, New Haven. [Volume=I-II.].; Note: "Primary type" of HC166