Moresnetiaceae

Extinct family of seed ferns

Moresnetiaceae Temporal range: Devonian–Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

A reconstruction of Stamnostoma huttonense from the Early Carboniferous Cementstone Group at Foulden Newton, Berwickshire, Scotland^[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	†Pteridospermatophyta
Class:	†Lyginopteridopsida
Order:	†Lyginopteridales
Family:	†Moresnetiaceae
Genera^[1]
Elkinsia ovulate cupule Calathospermum ovulate cupule Stamnostoma ovulate cupule Archaeosperma ovulate cupule Kerryia ovulate cupule Pullaritheca ovulate cupule Salpingostoma ovule Hydrasperma ovule Diplopteridium leaves

Moresnetiaceae is a natural family of seed ferns in the Division Pteridospermatophyta that appears in the North American and European Devonian to Carboniferous coal measures.^[3]

Description

Moresnetiaceae were shrubs to trees with radiospermic ovules with a lagenostome and aggregated into multiovular cupules.

References

^ Anderson, J.M.; Anderson, H.M & Cleal, C.J. (2007). "Brief history of the gymnosperms: classification, biodiversity, phytogeography and ecology". Strelitzia. 20: 1–280.
^ Retallack, G.J. & Dilcher, D.L. (1988). "Reconstructions of selected seed ferns". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 75 (3): 1010–1057. doi:10.2307/2399379. JSTOR 2399379.
^ Cleal, C.J. & Thomas, B.A. (1995). Palaeozoic palaeobotany of Britain. Chapman and Hall, London. pp. 295 pp.