haliserites

\\ˌhaləsəˈrīd.(ˌ)ēz, həˌlis-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from hali- + Greek seris endive + New Latin -ites

: a genus of Old World cretaceous fossil plants of uncertain relationship possibly related to the dicotyledonous genus Fontainea but by some considered thallophytes because of the dichotomous flat leaves