Ploufolia

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Ploufolia

| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Albian}}

| regnum = Plantae

| unranked_divisio = Angiosperms

| classis = Magnoliopsida

| ordo = Nymphaeales

| genus = Ploufolia

| genus_authority = Sender et al., 2010

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = Ploufolia cerciforme

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Ploufolia is an extinct genus of plants in the order Nymphaeales. It existed in northeastern Spain during the Upper Albian period. One specimen of a species named Ploufolia cerciforme was discovered in 2010 at the Utrillas Formation, near Plou, Teruel Province; the genus name is derived from the locality of Plou.{{Cite web|date=2011-05-08|title=Ploufolia L.M. Sender, B. Gomez, J.B. Diez, C. Coiffard, C. Martín-Closas C, U. Villanueva-Amadoz & J. Ferrer, 2010 †|url=https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1451982|website=Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera}}{{Cite journal|last1=Sender|first1=L.M.|last2=Gomez|first2=B.|last3=Diez|first3=J.B.|last4=Coiffard|first4=C.|last5=Martín-Closas|first5=C.|last6=Villanueva-Amadoz|first6=U.|last7=Ferrer|first7=J.|date=2010|title=Ploufolia cerciforme gen. et comb. nov.: Aquatic angiosperm leaves from the Upper Albian of north-eastern Spain|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0034666710000643|journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology|language=en|volume=161|issue=1–2|pages=77–86|doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.03.001|bibcode=2010RPaPa.161...77S }}{{Cite news|date=2010-06-01|title=Investigadores de Zaragoza hallan fósiles de plantas de hace 100 millones de años|language=es|trans-title=Zaragoza researchers find plant fossils from 100 million years ago|work=El Mundo (Spain){{!}}El Mundo|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/06/01/ciencia/1275387560.html}}