Biology:Baiera

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Short description: Extinct genus of seed plants in the family Ginkgoaceae


Baiera
Temporal range: 298.9–94.3 Ma [1]
PermianCretaceous
Baiera gracilis.jpg
Baiera gracilis fossil
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Ginkgophyta
Class: Ginkgoopsida
Order: Ginkgoales
Family: Ginkgoaceae
Genus: Baiera
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun (de), 1843
Species

Baiera africana
Baiera darleyensis
Baiera digitata
Baiera gracilis
Baiera mansfeldensis
Baiera muensteriana

Baiera is a genus of prehistoric gymnosperms in the order Ginkgoales.[2] It is one of the oldest fossil foliage types of Ginkgoales,[3] and is related to the genera Ginkgo and Ginkgoites. Fossils of Baiera are found worldwide, and have been known from the Permian to the Cretaceous.

Description

Artist's reconstruction of Baiera.

Baiera species are characterized by fan-shaped leaves,[4] are deeply lobed into four segments,[5] deeply incised into slender segments,[4] and are distinguished from Sphenobaiera by a petiole.[4]

B. africana is characterized by its symmetrical and triangular leaves.[6]

Classification

Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun first introduced the name Baiera in 1843 to refer to fossils in Germany that he interpreted as ginkgophytes.[7] In 1936, Carl Rudolf Florin used Baiera to refer to leaves with a distinct stalk or petiole and with a semicircular or triangular shape.[7]

Placement of Baiera

Gerd Dietl and Günter Schweigert (2011) place Baiera in the family Ginkgoaceae,[2] while a 2015 classification by Andriy Novikoff and Beata Barabasz-Krasny places it in the Karkeniaceae.[8][9]

References

  1. "Fossilworks: Baiera". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=taxonInfo&taxon_no=288241. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Fossilworks: Baiera". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=taxonInfo&taxon_no=288241. 
  3. Guignard, Gaëtan; Yang, Xiao-Ju; Wang, Yong-Dong (2019-09-01). "Cuticle ultrastructure of Baiera furcata from Northeast China and its implication in taxonomy and paleoenvironment" (in en). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 268: 95–108. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.05.006. ISSN 0034-6667. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034666719300077. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Pott, Christian & Burgh, J. & van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, Johanna. (2016). New Ginkgophytes from the Upper Triassic–Lower Cretaceous of Spitsbergen and Edgeøya (Svalbard, Arctic Norway): The History of Ginkgoales on Svalbard. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 177. 175-197. 10.1086/684194.
  5. "Ginkgophyte | plant division" (in en). Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/plant/ginkgophyte#ref411068. 
  6. Barboni, Ronaldo; Dutra, Tânia Lindner (November 2015). "First record of Ginkgo-related fertile organs (Hamshawvia, Stachyopitys) and leaves (Baiera, Sphenobaiera) in the Triassic of Brazil, Santa Maria formation" (in en). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 63: 417–435. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2015.08.001. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Bauer, K.; Kustatscher, E.; Krings, M. (2013). "The ginkgophytes from the German Kupferschiefer (Permian), with considerations on the taxonomic history and use of Baiera and Sphenobaiera" (in en-gb). Bulletin of Geosciences: 539–556. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1394. https://core.ac.uk/display/194458482?recSetID=. 
  8. "IRMNG - Baiera C.F.W. Braun, 1843 †". https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1314580. 
  9. Novikoff, Andrew; Barabasz-Krasny, Beata (2015). Modern plant systematics. Liga-Pres. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.4745.6164. http://rgdoi.net/10.13140/RG.2.1.4745.6164. 

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