Cyclopteris is an extinct genus of seed ferns in the extinct family †Cyclopteridaceae. Species are from the Carboniferous.
- Cyclopteris elegans Lesquereux, 1854[2] - from the Carboniferous of Pennsylvania, USA
- Cyclopteris elegans Unger, 1858[3]
- Cyclopteris elegans Achepohl, 1883[4] - from Westphalia, Germany[5]
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Cyclopteris rhomboidea - Exhibit in the Arppeanum, Helsinki, Finland. | |
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Genus: | †Cyclopteris Brongniart, 1828[1]
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References
edit- ^ Prodrome d'une histoire des végétaux fossiles. A Brongniart, 1828
- ^ New species of fossil plants. Lesquereux, 1854, Boston Journ. of Nat. Hist. VI, 4, page 416
- ^ Unger, 1858, Denkschr. K. Akad. d. Wiss., Wien, Math. natw. CI, XI, page 161, tab. 6, fig. 1
- ^ Das Niederrheinisch-Westfälische Steinkohlengebirge: Atlas der fossilen Fauna und Flora in 42 Blättern, nach Originalen photographirt und 4 lithographirte Blätter, … L Achepohl, 1883, page 116, tab. 35, fig. 5
- ^ Fossilium Catalogus. II. Plantae. Pars 39. W. Jongmans
External links
edit- Media related to Cyclopteris at Wikimedia Commons
- "Cyclopteris" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- "Cyclopteris". Paleobiology Database.