Baieroxylon
Extinct genus of seed-bearing plants
Baieroxylon Temporal range: Triassic–Late Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Ginkgophyta |
Class: | Ginkgoopsida |
Order: | Ginkgoales |
Family: | Ginkgoaceae |
Genus: | †Baieroxylon |
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Baieroxylon is an extinct prehistoric genus of plants belonging to the Ginkgoaceae family during the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods.
Fossil record
Palaeontological sites producing fossils of Baieroxylon species have been discovered in:
- Neuquén Province, Argentina — from the Huincul Formation and Rayoso Formation, of the Cretaceous period.[1]
- Franconia, Germany — from the Upper−Late Triassic epoch.[2]
- Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil. — from the Santa Maria Formation in Paleorrota Geopark, of the Upper−Late Triassic epoch.[3]
- Chile.
References
- ^ Martínez, Leandro C. A.; Lutz, Alicia I. (September 2007). "Especies nuevas de Baieroxylon Greguss y Circoporoxylon Kräusel en las formaciones Rayoso y Huincul (Cretácico), provincia del Neuquén, Argentina" [New species of Baieroxylon Greguss and Circoporoxylon Kräusel in the Rayoso and Huincul formations (Cretaceous), Neuquén province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana (in Spanish). 44 (3): 537–546.
- ^ Süss, H.; Kelber, K.-P. (May 2011). "Eine neue Art der Morphogattung Baieroxylon Greguss aus dem Keuper von Franken, Deutschland" [A new species of the morpho genus Baieroxylon Greguss from the Keuper of Franconia, Germany]. Feddes Repertorium (in German). 122 (3–4): 257–267. doi:10.1002/fedr.201100021.
- ^ Bardola, Tatiana; Schmidt, Isabela; Guerra-Sommer, Margot; Schultz, Cesar (20 August 2009). "Lenhos de Ginkgophyta em florestas petrificadas no Triássico Superior sul-rio-grandense, Brasil" [Ginkgophyta wood in petrified forests in the Upper Triassic of southern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia (in Portuguese). 12 (2): 139–148. doi:10.4072/rbp.2009.2.04. S2CID 140183005.
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