Cyclopteris

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Cyclopteris
Temporal range: 360.7–0.012 
Ma
Cyclopteris rhomboidea - Exhibit in the Arppeanum, Helsinki, Finland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Order:
Family:
Cyclopteridaceae
Genus:
Cyclopteris

Species
  • Cyclopteris rhomboidea
    and see text

Cyclopteris is an extinct genus of seed ferns in the extinct family †

Cyclopteridaceae. Species are from the Carboniferous
.

References

  1. ^ Prodrome d'une histoire des végétaux fossiles. A Brongniart, 1828
  2. ^ New species of fossil plants. Lesquereux, 1854, Boston Journ. of Nat. Hist. VI, 4, page 416
  3. ^ Unger, 1858, Denkschr. K. Akad. d. Wiss., Wien, Math. natw. CI, XI, page 161, tab. 6, fig. 1
  4. ^ Das Niederrheinisch-Westfälische Steinkohlengebirge: Atlas der fossilen Fauna und Flora in 42 Blättern, nach Originalen photographirt und 4 lithographirte Blätter, … L Achepohl, 1883, page 116, tab. 35, fig. 5
  5. ^ Fossilium Catalogus. II. Plantae. Pars 39. W. Jongmans

External links

  • Media related to Cyclopteris at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Cyclopteris" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  • "Cyclopteris". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database.