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Ptilophyllum

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Extinct genus of seed plants

Ptilophyllum
Temporal range: Norian–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible Oligocene record
Fossil of Ptilophyllum grandifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Order: †Bennettitales
Family: †Williamsoniaceae
Genus: †Ptilophyllum
Type species
†Ptilophyllum acutifolium
Morris, 1840

Ptilophyllum is an extinct form genus of leaves belonging to the extinct seed plant order Bennettitales. The leaves, like other Bennettitales morphogenera are generally pinnate. Leaves possibly attributable to the genus are known from the Oligocene of Australia, which may be the last known representatives of the order.

References

  1. McLoughlin, Stephen; Carpenter, Raymond J.; Pott, Christian (2011). "Ptilophyllum muelleri (Ettingsh.) comb. nov. from the Oligocene of Australia: Last of the Bennettitales?". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 172 (4): 574–585. doi:10.1086/658920. ISSN 1058-5893. S2CID 52885618.
Taxon identifiers
Ptilophyllum


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