Araucarites

Araucarites
Temporal range: Permian to Eocene
~290–49 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Araucariaceae
Genus: †Araucarites
Presl 1838

Araucarites is an extinct genus of conifer, used to refer to female conifer cones that resemble those of the family Araucariaceae.[1] Species assigned to the genus lived in the Permian to Eocene and have been found worldwide.[2][3]

  1. ^ Zijlstra, Gea; Cittert, Han (May 2000). "(1446) Proposal to conserve the name Araucarites C. Presl (Fossil Gymnospermae, Coniferales, Araucariaceae ) against Araucarites Endl. (Fossil Gymnospermae, Coniferales )". Taxon. 49 (2): 279–280. doi:10.2307/1223841. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1223841.
  2. ^ "Araucarites Presl 1833 (conifer)". Fossilworks. Macquarie University. 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ Upchurch, G. R.; Crane, P. R.; Drinnan, A. N. (1994). "The Megaflora from the Quantico Locality (Upper Albian), Lower Cretaceous Potomac Group of Virginia". Virginia Museum of Natural History. 4: 1–57. Retrieved 23 September 2021.