Biology:Samaropsis

Short description: Extinct genus of conifers

Samaropsis Temporal range: 359.2–199 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	†Cordaitales
Family:	†Cordaitaceae
Genus:	†Samaropsis Goeppert, 1864
Species
S. dolianitii S. gigas S. indica S. intermedia S. itapevensis S. kurtzii S. leslii S. mendesii S. millaniana S. milleri S. puerca S. rigbyi S. seixasi S. shenii

Samaropsis is a form genus named by Goeppert in 1864. Later Sewart (1917) redefined the taxon to refer only to the seeds.

Location

In Brazil , the fossil species S. gigas, S. kurtzii, S. millaniana, S. rigbyi and S. seixasi, have been recovered from the city of Mariana Pimentel, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The fossils are found in the Morro Papaléo outcrop, Rio Bonito Formation and date from the Sakmarian stage in the Permian. Located in the geopark Paleorrota.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7408864 entry