Glossopteridaceae
Glossopteridaceae Temporal range: Late Permian subdivision ranks = genera | |
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Reconstruction of the glossopterid plant Dictyopteridium sporiferum, with Glossopteris communis leaves, Eretmonia hinjridaensis pollen organ, Protohaploxypinus limpidus pollen, Ararucarioxylon bengalense wood and chambered roots of Vertebraria australis from Late Permian Blackwater Coal Measures near Homevale Station, Queesnland[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | †Pteridospermatophyta |
Order: | †Arberiales |
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: 1010–1057.
- ↑ Taylor, Edith L.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Academic Press. pp. 271–74. ISBN 9780080557830.
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