Umkomasia feistmantelii is an unusually large species of Umkomasia from the Early Triassic of New South Wales, Australia.
Umkomasia feistmantelii Temporal range:
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Umkomasia feistmantelii ovulate structure from the Early Triassic Newport Formation of Turimetta Head, NSW, Australia. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Order: | †Corystospermales |
Family: | †Corystospermaceae |
Genus: | †Umkomasia |
Species: | †U. feistmantelii
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Binomial name | |
†Umkomasia feistmantelii Holmes 1987
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Description
editUmkomasia feistmantelii is found both with cupules enclosing the large seeds and with cupules open and expandede into a star-shaped form.
Whole Plant Reconstruction
editUmkomasia feistmantelii from the Early Triassic of Australia may have been produced by the same plant as Pteruchus barrealensis (pollen organs) and Dicroidium zuberi (leaves)[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
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