Moresnetiaceae

Moresnetiaceae
Temporal range: Devonian–Carboniferous
A reconstruction of Stamnostoma huttonense from the Early Carboniferous Cementstone Group at Foulden Newton, Berwickshire, England[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: †Pteridospermophyta
Order: †Lyginopteridales
Family: †Moresnetiaceae
genera[2]
  • Elkinsia ovulate cupule
  • Calathospermum ovulate cupule
  • Stamnostoma ovulate cupule
  • Archaeosperma ovulate cupule
  • Kerryia ovulate cupule
  • Pullaritheca ovulate cupule
  • Salpingostoma ovule
  • Hydrasperma ovule
  • Diplopteridium leaves

Moresnetiaceae is a natural family of seed ferns (Pteridospermophyta) in North American and European Devonian to Carboniferous coal measures.[3]

Description

Moresnetiaceae were shrubs to trees with radiospermic ovules with a lagenostome and aggregated into multiovular cupules.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Retallack, G.J. & Dilcher, D.L (1988). "Reconstructions of selected seed ferns.". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 75: 1010–1057. doi:10.2307/2399379.
  2. ↑ Anderson, J.M., Anderson, H.M, & Cleal, C.J. (2007). "Brief history of the gymnosperms: classification, biodiveristy, phytogeography and ecology". Strelitzia. 20: 1–280.
  3. ↑ Cleal, C.J. & Thomas, B.A. (1995). Palaeozoic palaeobotany of Britain. Chapman and Hall, London. pp. 295 pp.
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