Walkomiella

Walkomiella
Temporal range: Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: ?
Family: ?
Genus: Walkomiella
Species
  • W. indica[1] (Surange & Singh 1953)
  • W. transvaalensis[2]
  • W. australis [3] (Florin 1940)

Walkomiella is an extinct conifer-like gymnosperm[4] genus which occurred in India and Africa in the Lower Permian, and in Australia in the Upper Permian.

It was named for Arthur Bache Walkom, an Australian palaeobotanist.

References

  1. ↑ "The seeds of Walkomiella indica—a conifer from the lower Gondwanas of India". Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science, Section A 8: 40–41.
  2. ↑ Le, R.S.F. (1963). "Walkomiella transvaalensis, a new conifer from the Middle Ecca beds of Vereeniging, Transvaal".
  3. ↑ White, M.E. (1981). "The cones of Walkomiella australis (Feistm.) Florin". The Palaeobotanist: 28–29.
  4. ↑ Leppik, E.E. (1973). "Origin and evolution of conifer rusts in the light of continental drift" (PDF). Mycopathologia 49 (2): 121–136. doi:10.1007/BF02050854. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
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