Callipteridium

Extinct genus of plants

Callipteridium
Temporal range: Carboniferous
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Fossil of Callipteridium species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pteridospermatophyta
Order: Medullosales
Family: Cyclopteridaceae
Genus: Callipteridium
Weiss, 1870

Callipteridium is an extinct genus of pteridospermous seed ferns belonging to the family Cyclopteridaceae. These ferns existed in the Carboniferous period.

References

  • Georges Basement
  • Gilbert A. Leisman The Morphology and Anatomy of Callipteridium Sullivanti American Journal of Botany - Vol. 47, No. 4 (Apr., 1960), pp. 281–287
Taxon identifiers
Callipteridium


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