| Name | Cathiaria Golovneva & Oskolski |
| Authorship | Golovneva & Oskolski |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Incertae sedis |
| Contains | Cathiaria sp. |
| Remarks | FOSSIL; late Cretaceous deposits of northern Kazakhstan and Siberia (Russia). Compound infructescences, consisting of two orders of axes: irregularly finely ribbed main axis and alternate to subopposite secondary lateral axes. Immature lateral axes short, flattened, and bract-like, bearing sessile fruits on the adaxial side. Matured lateral axes elongated, more or less cylindrical, bearing nutlet-like, single-seeded fruits. Found in association with the leaves of Liriodendropsis simplex (Newb.) |
| Citation | 2007 Acta Palaeobot. 47(1): 60 |
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