Glossopteridaceae

Glossopteridaceae Temporal range: Late Permian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstruction of the glossopterid plant Dictyopteridium sporiferum, with Glossopteris communis leaves, Eretmonia hinjridaensis pollen organ, Protohaploxypinus limpidus pollen, Ararucarioxylon bengalense wood and chambered roots of Vertebraria australis from Late Permian Blackwater Coal Measures near Homevale Station, Queensland[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	†Pteridospermatophyta
Order:	†Glossopteridales
Family:	†Glossopteridaceae Plumstead 1956
Genera
Dictyopteridium ovulate structure Ottokaria ovulate structure Plumsteadia ovulate structure Eretmonia pollen organ Glossopteris leaves Araucarioxylon wood Vertebraria chambered roots

The Glossopteridaceae are an extinct family of plants belonging to Pteridospermatophyta, or seed ferns.^[2]

References

1. Retallack, G.J.; Dilcher, D.L. (1988). "Reconstructions of selected seed ferns". Missouri Botanical Garden Annals. 75: 1010–1057.
2. Taylor, Edith L.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Academic Press. pp. 271–74. ISBN 9780080557830.