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Extinct genus of plants

Stephanophyllites
Temporal range: Permian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Genus: Stephanophyllites
Species
  • Stephanophyllites sanpaulensis †

Stephanophyllites is an extinct genus of plants that lived in the Permian.

Location

In Brazil, the fossil of species indefinite of the genus Stephanophyllites, was located on outcrop Morro Papaléo in the city of Mariana Pimentel. They are in the geopark Paleorrota in Rio Bonito Formation and date from Sakmarian at Permian. The species S. Sanpaulensis was located in the state of São Paulo.

In Argentina, the species S. Sanpaulensis was also located.

References

  1. Afloramento Morro do Papaléo, Mariana Pimentel, RS
  2. Stephanophyllites em Cordoba na Argentina.
Taxon identifiers
Stephanophyllites


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