Pteruchus barrealensis
| Pteruchus barrealensis Temporal range:
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| Pteruchus barrelensis pollen organ from the Early Triassic Newport Formation of Turimetta Head, NSW, Australia. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Order: | †Peltaspermales |
| Family: | †Corystospermaceae |
| Genus: | †Pteruchus |
| Species: | †P. barrealensis
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| †Pteruchus barrealensis Holmes and Ash 1979
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Pteruchus barrealensis is an unusually large species of Pteruchus with very elongate polleniferous heads from Early Triassic of Australia and Argentina.
Description[]
Pteruchus barrealensis is one of the geologically earliest species of Pteruchus, and has very elongate polleniferous heads.
Whole plant reconstruction[]
Pteruchus barrealensis from the Early Triassic of Australia may have been produced by the same plant as Umkomasia feistmantelii (ovulate organs) and Dicroidium zuberi (leaves)[1]
References[]
- ^ Retallack G.J. (1977). "Reconstructing Triassic vegetation of southeastern Australia: a new approach to the biostratigraphy of Gondwanaland". Alcheringa. 1: 247–265. doi:10.1080/03115517708527763.
Categories:
- Triassic plants
- Pteridospermatophyta