Umkomasia feistmantelii
Extinct species of plant
Umkomasia feistmantelii Temporal range: Early Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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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 |
Binomial name | |
†Umkomasia feistmantelii Holmes 1987 |
Umkomasia feistmantelii is an unusually large species of Umkomasia from the Early Triassic of New South Wales, Australia.
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Description
Umkomasia feistmantelii is found both with cupules enclosing the large seeds and with cupules open and expandede into a star-shaped form.
Whole Plant Reconstruction
Umkomasia 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
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- Paleodb.org: Umkomasia feistmanteli
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