Biology:Osmunda claytoniites

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Short description: Extinct species of fern

Osmunda claytoniites
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Osmundales
Family: Osmundaceae
Genus: Osmunda
Species:
O. claytoniites
Binomial name
Osmunda claytoniites
Carlie J.Phipps et al.

Osmunda claytoniites is an extinct fern in the genus Osmunda, very similar to the extant fern Osmunda claytoniana. It has been found in the Upper Triassic of Antarctica.[1]

References

  1. Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor, Michael Krings: Paleobotany. The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants . Second Edition, Academic Press 2009, ISBN:978-0-12-373972-8 , p. 437-443

Wikidata ☰ Q7107253 entry