Pleuromeia
Extinct order of vascular plants in the Class Lycopodiopsida / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pleuromeia is an extinct genus of lycophytes related to modern quillworts (Isoetes). Pleuromeia dominated vegetation during the Early Triassic all over Eurasia and elsewhere, in the aftermath of the Permian–Triassic extinction event. During this period it often occurred in monospecific assemblages. Its sedimentary context in monospecific assemblages on immature paleosols, is evidence that it was an opportunistic pioneer plant that grew on mineral soils with little competition.[1] It spread to high latitudes with greenhouse climatic conditions.[2]
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Pleuromeia | |
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Whole plant reconstruction of Pleuromeia sternbergi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Lycophytes |
Class: | Lycopodiopsida |
Order: | Isoetales |
Family: | †Pleuromeiaceae |
Genus: | †Pleuromeia Corda (1852) |
Type species | |
Sigillaria sternbergi Corda, 1839 | |
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Synonyms | |
Lycomeia |
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