Schmeissneria
| Schmeissneria Temporal range: Early-Middle Jurassic, 200–170Ma |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Ginkgophyta? |
| Class: | Ginkgoopsida? |
| Order: | Ginkgoales? |
| Family: | Schmeissneriaceae |
| Genus: | Schmeissneria Kirchner & Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert, 1994 |
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Schmeissneria is a possible early angiosperm recorded from the Lower Jurassic of Europe and the Middle Jurassic of China,[1] traditionally included in the Ginkgophyta.[2]
References
- ^ Xin Wing; Shuying Duan, Baoyin Geng, Jinzhong Cui and Yong Yang (2007). "Schmeissneria: A missing link to angiosperms?". BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 14. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-14. PMC 1805421. PMID 17284326.
- ^ Zhi-Yan Zhou (2009). "An overview of fossil Ginkgoales". Palaeoworld 18 (1): 1–22. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2009.01.001.
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