Biology:Pleuromeiaceae
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Short description: Extinct family of spore-bearing plants
Pleuromeiaceae | |
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Reconstruction of Pleuromeia sternbergii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Lycophytes |
Class: | Lycopodiopsida |
Order: | Isoetales |
Family: | †Pleuromeiaceae |
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Pleuromeiaceae is an extinct family of plants related to living quillworts (Isoetes), in the order Isoetales but with tall stems and terminal compact cones. They were especially widespread globally during the Early and Middle Triassic in the aftermath of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction.[1]
References
- ↑ Retallack, Gregory J. (2013). "Permian and Triassic greenhouse crises". Gondwana Research 24: 90–103. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2012.03.003.
Wikidata ☰ Q21399500 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleuromeiaceae.
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