''Restrepophyllum'' is a genus of fossil foliage attributable to the

Zamiaceae The Zamiaceae are a family of cycads that are superficially palm or fern-like. They are divided into two subfamilies with eight genera and about 150 species in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Australia and North and South America. ...

. This genus is found in

Early Cretaceous The Early Cretaceous (geochronology, geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphy, chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous. It is usually considered to stretch from 143.1 ...

rocks from

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

Taxonomy

The genus was erected based on material from the Anfiteratro de Ticó Formation in

based on a single specimen preserved with cuticle./ The name of the genus was chosen to highlight the similarity with '' Zamia restrepoi'' (D.W.Stev.) A.Lindstr., a species of ''

Zamia ''Zamia'' is a genus of cycad of the family Zamiaceae, native to North America from the United States (in Georgia and Florida) throughout the West Indies, Central America, and South America as far south as Bolivia. The genus is considered to be ...

'' previously segregated in the genus '' Chigua''.

References

Zamiaceae Prehistoric gymnosperm genera {{cretaceous-plant-stub