Moresnetiaceae
Extinct family of seed ferns
Moresnetiaceae Temporal range: Devonian–Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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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] | |
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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.
External links
- "Fossilworks: Lepidopteris". paleodb.org. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
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