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Extinct genus of spore-bearing plants

Brasilodendron
Temporal range: Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: †Lepidodendrales
Family: †Lycopodiopsidaceae
Genus: †Brasilodendron
W.G. Chaloner, K.U. Leistikow & A. Hill
Species
  • B. africanum
  • B. pedroanum

Brasilodendron was a genus of lycophytes dating from the Permian. Plants were vascularized with reproduction by spores.

Location

Fossils of Brasilodendron are found in the Rio Bonito Formation in southern Brazil. The species Brasilodendron cf. pedroanum was found in Encruzilhada do Sul and Mariana Pimentel. The species Brasilodendron africanum was found in Africa in Namibia.

References

  1. ^ Ricardi-Branco, Fresia & Torres de Ricardi, Margarita (2003), "Licófitas da Formação Rio Bonito (Permiano Inferior, Bacia do Paraná), Nordeste do Estado do Paraná, Brasil" (PDF), Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia (in Portuguese), 6: 19–28, retrieved 2019-10-24
  2. MUSEUS & FOSSEIS DA REGIÃO SUL DO BRASIL. Authors : Paulo César Manzig e Luiz Carlos Weinschütz. Comments: Book written in Portuguese and English.
Taxon identifiers
Brasilodendron


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