Buriadia is a genus that existed from the Carboniferous to the Permian. Buriadia were vascular plants that reproduced by seed. The type species is Buriadia heterophylla.

Buriadia
Temporal range: Carboniferous to Permian 359.2–251 Ma
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Voltziales
Family: Buriadiaceae
Genus: Buriadia
A.C.Seward & B.Sahni
Species
  • Buriadia florinii Maithy, 1970
  • Buriadia fragilis Maithy, 1969
  • Buriadia heterophylla (Brongniart, 1828)
  • Buriadia sewardii Sahni, 1928

Location

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In Paleorrota geopark, located in Brazil, were found rare branches of the genus Buriadia, are in the Rio Bonito Formation and date from Sakmarian in the Permian.[1]

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