Tietea

Tietea
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous–Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Marattiales
Family: †Psaroniaceae
Genus: †Tietea
Solms-Laubach
Species[1]
  • Tietea derbyi Herbst
  • Tietea singularis Solms-Laubach

Tietea was a genus of marattialean tree ferns from the Late Carboniferous to the Permian. The genus has been placed in a number of families, including Psaroniaceae.[1] The first described species was Tietea singularis, which grew up to 12 metres (39 ft) in height. It is estimated to represent close to 90% of some fossil assemblages in Brazil.[2][3] Tietea derbyi was described in 1992, but its validity has been questioned as it could be a laterally flattened specimen of T. singularis.

  1. ^ a b Tavares, T.M.V.; Rohn, Rosemarie; Neregato, Rodrigo; Röβler, Ronny; Noll, Robert; Kurzawe, Francine; da Conceição, Domingas Maria; Cisneros, Juan Carlos; Iannuzzi, Roberto; da Silva Belem, Antonio Rhamon & Karollyni Coutinho, Barbara (2024), "Diversity and Growth Forms of Tree Ferns in the Permian from the Parnaíba Basin (Central-North Brazil)", in Iannuzzi, R.; Rößler, R. & Kunzmann, L. (eds.), Brazilian Paleofloras, Springer, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90913-4_7-1, ISBN 978-3-319-90913-4
  2. ^ Rößler, Ronny and Galtier, Jean (2002), "First Grammatopteris tree ferns from the Southern Hemisphere - New insights in the evolution of the Osmundaceae from the Permian of Brazil", Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 121: 205–230, doi:10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00086-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Petrified Wood Museum: The Anatomy of Arborescent Plant Life Through Time