Pterophyllum (plant)

This article is about an extinct plant. Not to be confused with Pterophyllum.

Pterophyllum
Temporal range: Carnian–Maastrichtian
Pterophyllum rectum from Muséum de Grenoble
Pterophyllum fossil from Shamshak Formation, Middle Jurassic, Iran
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Order: †Bennettitales
Family: †Williamsoniaceae
Genus: †Pterophyllum
Brongniart 1825
Type species
†Pterophyllum filicoides (Schlotheim)
René Zeiller, 1906[1]
Synonyms
  • Ctenophyllum Schimper 1870
  • Osmundites Jaeger 1827

Pterophyllum is an extinct form genus of leaves known from the Carnian[2] to the Maastrichtian,[3] belonging to the Bennettitales (family Williamsoniaceae). It contains more than 50 species, and is mainly found in Eurasia and North America.[3]

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  3. ^ a b Gnilovskaya, Anastasia A.; Golovneva, Lina B. (February 2018). "The Late Cretaceous Pterophyllum (Bennettitales) in the North-East of Russia". Cretaceous Research. 82: 56–63. Bibcode:2018CrRes..82...56G. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.09.013.