Biology:Dictyopteridiaceae

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Short description: Extinct family of seed ferns

Dictyopteridiaceae
Temporal range: Late Permian
Dictyopteridium sporiferum reconstruction.jpg
Reconstruction of the glossopterid plant Dictyopteridium sporiferum, with Glossopteris communis leaves, Eretmonia hinjridaensis pollen organ, Protohaploxypinus limpidus pollen, Araucarioxylon bengalense wood and chambered roots of Vertebraria australis from Late Permian Blackwater Coal Measures near Homevale Station, Queensland[1]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Glossopteridales
Family: Dictyopteridiaceae
Rigby 1978
Genera
  • Dictyopteridium ovulate structure
  • Eretmonia pollen organ
  • Glossopteris leaves
  • Ottokaria ovulate structure
  • Plumsteadia ovulate structure
  • Vertebraria chambered roots

Dictyopteridiaceae are an extinct family of glossopterid plants known from the Permian period. It generally refers to reproductive organs, which are associated with Glossopteris leaves.[2]

References

  1. Retallack, G.J.; Dilcher, D.L. (1988). "Reconstructions of selected seed ferns". Missouri Botanical Garden Annals 75 (3): 1010–1057. doi:10.2307/2399379. 
  2. Mcloughlin, Stephen; Prevec, Rose (2019-10-02). "The architecture of Permian glossopterid ovuliferous reproductive organs" (in en). Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 43 (4): 480–510. doi:10.1080/03115518.2019.1659852. ISSN 0311-5518. Bibcode2019Alch...43..480M. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2019.1659852. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18549886 entry