Pleuromeiaceae
Extinct family of spore-bearing plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pleuromeiaceae is an extinct family of plants related to living quillworts (Isoetes), in the order Isoetales but with tall stems and terminal compact cones. They were especially widespread globally during the Early and Middle Triassic in the aftermath of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction.[1]
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Pleuromeiaceae | |
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Reconstruction of Pleuromeia sternbergii | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Lycophytes |
Class: | Lycopodiopsida |
Order: | Isoetales |
Family: | †Pleuromeiaceae |
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