Umaltolepis

Umaltolepis
Temporal range:
Diagram of a ripe Umaltolepis, showing the homologies of the various parts of the structure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Ginkgophyta
Class: Ginkgoopsida
Family: Umaltolepidaceae
Zhou
Genus: Umaltolepis
(Krassilov) Herrera, Shi, Ichinnorov, Takahashi, Bugdaeva, Herendeen, et Crane emend.
Type species
Umaltolepis vachrameevii
Krassilov
Species

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Umaltolepis is an extinct genus of seed plant, known from the Early Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Asia. Within the form classification system used within paleobotany, it refers to the seed-bearing reproductive structures, which grew on woody plants with strap-shaped Ginkgo-like leaves assigned to the genus Pseudotorellia.