Noeggerathia
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| Noeggerathia Temporal range: | |
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| 1863 reconstruction of Noeggerathia expansa | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Class: | †Progymnospermopsida |
| Order: | †Noeggerathiales |
| Family: | †Noeggerathiaceae |
| Genus: | †Noeggerathia Sternb., 1820[1] |
| Type species | |
| Noeggerathia foliosa | |
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Noeggerathia is an extinct genus of noeggerathialean plant that lived during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian periods.[2]
Noeggerathia could grow to be 3 ft, 3 in tall.[2] It is known for its compound leaves, each possessing two rows of leaflets which composed a 12-inch frond.[2] Noeggerathia may also have possessed a short trunk.[2]
The genus may have possessed strobili at the ends of its branches for reproductive purposes.[3] Biseriate sporophylls existed on either side of the cones.[3] It has been previously suggested that Noeggerathiostrobus may have been borne at the end of Noeggerathia's stems. However, it is more likely that Noeggerathiostrobus was borne closer to the base of Noeggerathia.[4]