Alethopteris is a prehistoric plant genus of fossil pteridospermatophytes (seed ferns) that developed in the Carboniferous period (around 360 to 300 million years ago).[1]
Alethopteris Temporal range:
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Alethopteris grandini, late Carboniferous, Kansas. At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | †Pteridospermatophyta |
Order: | †Medullosales |
Family: | †Alethopteridaceae |
Genus: | †Alethopteris |
See also
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- ^ "Seed Fern Fossil". www.fossilmuseum.net. Retrieved 2016-12-01.