Biology:Cordaicarpus
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Short description: Extinct genus of conifers
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | †Cordaitales |
| Family: | †Cordaitaceae |
| Genus: | †Cordaicarpus Geinitz (1862) |
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Cordaicarpus is a form genus named by Geinitz (1862) and redefined by Seward (1917) to avoid confusion with another genus and to establish that the genus refers only seeds. Seward defined the differences between Cordaicarpus and Samaropsis.[1]
Location
In Brazil , the fossil species C. brasilianus, C. fanatinensis, and C. truncata are located in outcrop Morro Papaléo in the city of Mariana Pimentel. The species C. cerronegrensisi was located in outcrop Mina Faxinal in the city of Arroio dos Ratos. They are in geopark Paleorrota in Rio Bonito Formation and date from the Sakmarian stage of the Permian Period.
References
- ↑ Juliane Marques De Souza and Roberto Iannuzzi (2009), "The Genus Cordaicarpus Geinitz In The Lower Permian Of The Paraná Basin, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil", Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 12 (1), http://www.sbpbrasil.org/revista/edicoes/12_1/souza.pdf
Wikidata ☰ Q5169886 entry
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