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Alethopteris

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Extinct genus of plants

Alethopteris
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian–Aptian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Alethopteris grandini, late Carboniferous, Kansas. At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: †Pteridospermatophyta
Order: †Medullosales
Family: †Alethopteridaceae
Genus: †Alethopteris

Alethopteris is a prehistoric plant genus of fossil pteridospermatophytes (seed ferns) that developed in the Carboniferous period (around 360 to 300 million years ago).

Alethopteris, at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg.
Alethopteris sp.
Alethopteris Serlii on laminated mudstone from St. Clair, Pennsylvania.

See also

References

  1. "Seed Fern Fossil". www.fossilmuseum.net. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
Taxon identifiers
Alethopteris


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