Pteruchus barrealensis

Pteruchus barrealensis is an unusually large species of Pteruchus with very elongate polleniferous heads from Early Triassic of Australia and Argentina.

Pteruchus barrealensis
Temporal range: Early Triassic
Pteruchus barrelensis pollen organ from the Early Triassic Newport Formation of Turimetta Head, NSW, Australia.
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Order: Corystospermales
Family: Corystospermaceae
Genus: Pteruchus
Species:
P. barrealensis
Binomial name
Pteruchus barrealensis
Holmes and Ash 1979

Description

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Pteruchus barrealensis is one of the geologically earliest species of Pteruchus, and has very elongate polleniferous heads.

Whole plant reconstruction

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Pteruchus barrealensis from the Early Triassic of Australia may have been produced by the same plant as Umkomasia feistmantelii (ovulate organs) and Dicroidium zuberi (leaves)[1]

References

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  1. ^ Retallack G.J. (1977). "Reconstructing Triassic vegetation of southeastern Australia: a new approach to the biostratigraphy of Gondwanaland". Alcheringa. 1: 247–265. doi:10.1080/03115517708527763.