Sphenopteris
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Sphenopteris is a genus of seed ferns containing the foliage of various extinct plants, ranging from the Devonian to Late Cretaceous.[1][2] One species, S. höninghausi, was transferred to the genus Crossotheca in 1911.[3]
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Sphenopteris specimen found in Carboniferous rocks in Loire-Atlantique department, France | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | †Pteridospermatophyta |
Class: | †Lyginopteridopsida |
Order: | †Lyginopteridales |
Family: | †Lyginopteridaceae |
Genus: | †Sphenopteris Sternberg 1825 |
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