Glossopteridaceae
Glossopteridaceae Temporal range:
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Reconstruction of the glossopterid plant Dictyopteridium sporiferum, with Glossopteris communis leaves, Eretmonia hinjridaensis pollen organ, Protohaploxypinus limpidus pollen, Araucarioxylon bengalense wood and chambered roots of Vertebraria australis from Late Permian Blackwater Coal Measures near Homevale Station, Queensland[1] | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | †Pteridospermatophyta |
Order: | †Glossopteridales |
Family: | †Glossopteridaceae Plumstead 1956 |
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The Glossopteridaceae are an extinct family of plants belonging to Pteridospermatophyta, or seed ferns.[2]
References[]
- ^ Retallack, G.J.; Dilcher, D.L. (1988). "Reconstructions of selected seed ferns". Missouri Botanical Garden Annals. 75 (3): 1010–1057. doi:10.2307/2399379. JSTOR 2399379.
- ^ Taylor, Edith L.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Academic Press. pp. 271–74. ISBN 9780080557830.
Categories:
- Pteridospermatophyta
- Prehistoric plant families
- Permian plants
- Lopingian first appearances
- Lopingian extinctions
- Plant stubs
- Paleobotany stubs