Zamites

Zamites
Temporal range: Early Triassic-Eocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Order: Bennettitales
Family: Williamsoniaceae
Genus: Zamites
Brongniart, 1828
Species

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Zamites is an extinct genus of plants in the family Williamsoniaceae that lived from the Triassic to the Eocene. This plant is reported in the Mesozoic from North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Antarctica, and in the Cenozoic only in North America.