Biology:Cheirophyllum
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Short description: Extinct genus of seed-bearing plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Ginkgophyta |
| Class: | Ginkgoopsida |
| Order: | Ginkgoales |
| Family: | Ginkgoaceae |
| Genus: | †Cheirophyllum |
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Cheirophyllum is an extinct plant genus that existed during the Permian.[1]
Location
In Brazil , fossils of the species C. speculare were located in the outcrop Morro Papalé in the city of Mariana Pimentel. Fossils of the genus have been found in the geopark Paleorrota in the Itararé Subgroup,[1] and date to the Sakmarian age of the Permian period.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q5089708 entry
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