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Dictyopteridium
Description | Dictyopteridium is an extinct genus of plants belonging to Glossopteridaceae, but the name is used only for compression fossils of elongate multiovulate reproductive structures adnate to Glossopteris leaves. Permineralized remains identical to Dictyopteridium have been referred to the organ genus Homevaleia From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictyopteridium, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Dictyopteridium | ||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Dictyopteridium Feistmantel, 1881 | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 290 - 272 Ma Permian | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. K. Benecke. 1976. Several new forms of Glossopteris fructifications from the Beaufort Daptocephalus-Zone (Upper Permian) of Natal, South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 19:97-125 | ||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictyopteridium |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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References
Benecke A. K. (1976) Several new forms of Glossopteris fructifications from the Beaufort Daptocephalus-Zone (Upper Permian) of Natal, South Africa, Palaeontologia Africana 19, 97-125 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!