Dictyopteridiaceae

Dictyopteridiaceae
Temporal range:
Reconstruction of the glossopterid plant Dictyopteridium sporiferum, with Glossopteris communis leaves, Eretmonia hinjridaensis pollen organ, Protohaploxypinus limpidus pollen, Araucarioxylon bengalense wood and chambered roots of Vertebraria australis from Late Permian Blackwater Coal Measures near Homevale Station, Queensland
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Order: †Glossopteridales
Family: †Dictyopteridiaceae
Rigby 1978
Genera
  • Dictyopteridium ovulate structure
  • Eretmonia pollen organ
  • Glossopteris leaves
  • Ottokaria ovulate structure
  • Plumsteadia ovulate structure
  • Vertebraria chambered roots

Dictyopteridiaceae are an extinct family of glossopterid plants known from the Permian period. It generally refers to reproductive organs, which are associated with Glossopteris leaves.

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