Glossophyllum
Extinct genus of plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glossophyllum is an extinct genus of plants known from fossilized leaves of the Triassic of Eurasia, with affinities to Ginkgoales. The leaves are elongate relative to modern Ginkgo, being lanceolate, strap or tongue shaped.[1]
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Glossophyllum | |
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Remains of Glossophyllum spetsbergensis and Glossophyllum substrictum from the Late Triassic of Svalbard | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Ginkgophyta |
Class: | Ginkgoopsida |
Order: | Ginkgoales |
Genus: | †Glossophyllum Kräusel, 1943 |
Type species | |
Glossophyllum florinii Kräusel, 1943 | |
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