Glossopteridaceae

The Glossopteridaceae are an extinct family of plants belonging to Pteridospermatophyta, or seed ferns.[2]

Glossopteridaceae
Temporal range: Late Permian
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]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: †Pteridospermatophyta
Order: †Glossopteridales
Family: †Glossopteridaceae
Plumstead 1956
Genera
  • Dictyopteridium ovulate structure
  • Eretmonia pollen organ
  • Glossopteris leaves
  • Ottokaria ovulate structure
  • Plumsteadia ovulate structure
  • Vertebraria chambered roots

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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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