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Pleuromeiaceae Temporal range: Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstruction of Pleuromeia sternbergii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Lycophytes
Class:	Lycopodiopsida
Order:	Isoetales
Family:	†Pleuromeiaceae
Genera
†Cylomeia †Cylostrobus †Ferganodendron †Lycostrobus †Pleuromeia †Lycomeia †Mesenteriophyllum †Pleurocaulus †Takhtajanodoxa

Pleuromeiaceae is an extinct family of plants related to living quillworts (Isoetes), in the order Isoetales but with tall stems and terminal compact cones. They were especially widespread globally during the Early and Middle Triassic in the aftermath of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction.

References

1. Retallack, Gregory J. (2013). "Permian and Triassic greenhouse crises". Gondwana Research. 24: 90–103. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2012.03.003.

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