Asterotheca

Asterotheca
Temporal range: Carboniferous to Triassic 359.2–199 Ma
Asterotheca cyathea
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Asterotheca
Species
  • A. aspidioides
  • A. candolleana
  • A. cyathea
  • A. daubrei
  • A. hemitelioides
  • A. lamuriana
  • A. miltoni
  • A. sensu
Palaeozoic fructifications of Ferns or Pteridosperms
Psaronius sp. - trunk section
Pecopteris arborescens - compression foliage

Asterotheca is a genus of seedless, spore-bearing, vascularized ferns dating from the Carboniferous of the Paleozoic to the Triassic of the Mesozoic.