Nicolia is a genus of fossilized wood from the Late Cretaceous to Pleistocene of Belgium, New Zealand, and Tunisia. The type species is N. aegyptiaca.

Discovery and naming

The type species Nicolia aegyptiaca were named in 1842 by Franz Unger. The first specimens were collected in Egypt and it is often synonymised with Sterculioxylon aegypticum.

The discovery of N. caledonica suggests the genus existed until the Pleistocene. Smets considered that the specimen was a hadrosaur reaching an estimated in length which might have had dermal spines.

Species

  • Nicolia aegyptiaca (Type species) — Late Cretaceous of Egypt