Baiera

Not to be confused with two unaccepted genera with a similar name, Baeria.

Baiera
Temporal range: 298.9–94.3 Ma [1] Permian–Cretaceous
Baiera gracilis fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Ginkgophyta
Class: Ginkgoopsida
Order: Ginkgoales
Family: Ginkgoaceae
Genus: †Baiera
Braun [de], 1843
Species

†Baiera africana
†Baiera darleyensis
†Baiera digitata
†Baiera gracilis
†Baiera mansfeldensis
†Baiera muensteriana

Baiera is a genus of prehistoric gymnosperms in the order Ginkgoales.[2] It is one of the oldest fossil foliage types of Ginkgoales,[3] and is related to the genera Ginkgo and Ginkgoites. Fossils of Baiera are found worldwide, and have been known from the Permian to the Cretaceous.

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Baiera". fossilworks.org.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Baiera". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ Guignard, Gaëtan; Yang, Xiao-Ju; Wang, Yong-Dong (2019-09-01). "Cuticle ultrastructure of Baiera furcata from Northeast China and its implication in taxonomy and paleoenvironment". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 268: 95–108. Bibcode:2019RPaPa.268...95G. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.05.006. ISSN 0034-6667. S2CID 199103806.