Biology:Pelourdea

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Short description: Extinct genus of conifer

Pelourdea
Temporal range: Triassic-Middle Jurassic
~252–164 Ma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Genus: Pelourdea
Seward 1917
Species

P. megaphylla[1]
P. ploeoensis[2]
P. vogesiaca[3]

Pelourdea is an extinct genus of conifer. Species belonging to the genus lived from the Triassic[4] to the Middle Jurassic[1] and have been found in Europe[1] and North America.[5]

Members of the genus have long pointed leaves (up to 322 millimeters (12.7 in) long and 32 millimeters (1.3 in) wide) whose base clasps a central shoot. The attachments are spiral.[1] The shoots were 30 to 100 centimeters (12 to 39 in) in height and the plant was likely herbaceous.[2]

The lack of reproductive structures in known fossils have hindered determination of the taxonomy.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cleal, C. J.; Rees, P. M. (July 2003). "The Middle Jurassic flora from Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, UK". Palaeontology 46 (4): 739–801. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00319. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ash, Sidney R. (January 1987). "Growth habit and systematics of the upper triassic plant Pelourdea poleoensis, Southwestern U.S.A.". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 51 (1–3): 37–49. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(87)90018-2. 
  3. Labandeira, Conrad C.; Kustatscher, Evelyn; Wappler, Torsten (2016-11-09). "Floral Assemblages and Patterns of Insect Herbivory during the Permian to Triassic of Northeastern Italy" (in en). PLOS ONE 11 (11): e0165205. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165205. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 27829032. Bibcode2016PLoSO..1165205L. 
  4. Kustatscher, Evelyn; Ash, Sidney R.; Karasev, Eugeny; Pott, Christian; Vajda, Vivi; Yu, Jianxin; McLoughlin, Stephen (2018), Tanner, Lawrence H., ed., "Flora of the Late Triassic" (in en), The Late Triassic World (Cham: Springer International Publishing) 46: pp. 545–622, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68009-5_13, ISBN 978-3-319-68008-8, http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-68009-5_13, retrieved 2022-01-22 
  5. Velasco-de León, Maria Patricia; Ortiz-Martínez, Erika L.; Lozano-Carmona, Diego E.; Flores-Barragan, Miguel A. (August 2019). "Paleofloristic comparison of the Ayuquila and Otlaltepec basins, Middle Jurassic, Oaxaca, Mexico" (in en). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 93: 1–13. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2019.04.008. Bibcode2019JSAES..93....1V. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0895981119300458. 

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