Biology:Araucarites

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Short description: Extinct genus of conifer

Araucarites
Temporal range: Permian to Eocene
~290–49 Ma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Araucariaceae
Genus: Araucarites
Presl 1838

Araucarites is an extinct genus of conifer, used to refer to female conifer cones that resemble those of the family Araucariaceae.[1] Species assigned to the genus lived in the Permian to Eocene and have been found worldwide.[2][3]

Species

A number of species have been described in Araucarites.

A. aquiensis[2]
A. cutchensis[4]
A. goepperti[2]
A. ooliticum[5]
A. pachacuteci[6]
A. selseyensis[7]

References

  1. Zijlstra, Gea; Cittert, Han (May 2000). "(1446) Proposal to conserve the name Araucarites C. Presl (Fossil Gymnospermae, Coniferales, Araucariaceae ) against Araucarites Endl. (Fossil Gymnospermae, Coniferales )" (in en). Taxon 49 (2): 279–280. doi:10.2307/1223841. ISSN 0040-0262. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2307/1223841. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Araucarites Presl 1833 (conifer)". Macquarie University. 2007. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?taxon_no=56321&action=taxonInfo. 
  3. Upchurch, G. R.; Crane, P. R.; Drinnan, A. N. (1994). "The Megaflora from the Quantico Locality (Upper Albian), Lower Cretaceous Potomac Group of Virginia". Virginia Museum of Natural History 4: 1–57. https://digital.library.txstate.edu/handle/10877/2565. Retrieved 23 September 2021. 
  4. Chinnappa, Ch.; Kavali, Pauline Sabina; Rajanikanth, A.; di Pasquo, Mercedes; Bernardes-de-Oliveira, M. E. C. (2021). "Early Cretaceous Flora from the East Coast Sedimentary Basins of India: Their Chronostratigraphic and Palaeobiogeographic Significance". Mesozoic Stratigraphy of India. Society of Earth Scientists Series: 469–528. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-71370-6_17. ISBN 978-3-030-71369-0. 
  5. Andrews, H. N. (1970). "Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820-1965". Geological Survey Bulletin 1300. doi:10.3133/b1300. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1114957/. 
  6. Martínez, L.C.A.; Pacheco Huacallo, E.; Pujana, R.R.; Padula, H. (June 2020). "A new megaflora (leaves and reproductive structures) from the Huancané Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Peru". Cretaceous Research 110: 104426. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104426. 
  7. Chandler, M. E. J. (1961). "Post-Ypresian plant remains from the Isle of Wight and the Selsey Peninsula, Sussex". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 5 (2): 1–41. doi:10.5962/p.313863. 

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