Peltaspermales
Peltaspermales Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Spermatophytes |
Order: | †Peltaspermales Delevoryas 1979[1] |
Families | |
The Peltaspermales are an extinct order of plants belonging to Pteridospermatophyta, or seed ferns. It is unclear whether they form a natural group of organisms as they are poorly known.[2] It has been suggested that they survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.[3]
References[]
- ^ Peltaspermales et Fossilworks
- ^ Taylor, Edith L.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Academic Press. pp. 639–48. ISBN 9780080557830.
- ^ McLoughlin S.; Carpenter R.J.; Jordan G.J.; Hill R.S. (2008). "Seed ferns survived the end-Cretaceous mass extinction in Tasmania". American Journal of Botany. 95: 465–471. doi:10.3732/ajb.95.4.465.
Categories:
- Permian plants
- Triassic plants
- Prehistoric plant orders
- Pteridospermatophyta
- Permian first appearances
- Triassic extinctions
- Paleobotany stubs
- Plant stubs