Dictyopteridiaceae

Extinct family of seed ferns From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Family:Dictyopteridiaceae
Rigby 1978
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Dictyopteridiaceae
Temporal range: Late Permian
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]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Order: Glossopteridales
Family: Dictyopteridiaceae
Rigby 1978
Genera
  • Dictyopteridium ovulate structure
  • Eretmonia pollen organ
  • Glossopteris leaves
  • Ottokaria ovulate structure
  • Plumsteadia ovulate structure
  • Vertebraria chambered roots
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