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Extinct genus of fern-like plant

Supaia
Temporal range: Permian
~Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Supaia sturdevanti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Order: †Peltaspermales (?)
Genus: †Supaia
C.D.White
Species
  • Supaia sturdevanti C.D.White
  • Supaia thinnfeldioides C.D.White

Supaia is an extinct genus of fern-like plants, possibly seed ferns. Species belonging to the genus lived during the Permian in North America, east Asia, and Madagascar. The leaves were adapted to minimize water loss, and the genus is thought to have grown as small trees (up to 4 meters (13 ft) in height) in a mudflat environment subject to frequent drought.

References

  1. Andrews, H. N. (1970). "Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820-1965". Geological Survey Bulletin. 1300: 1–354. doi:10.3133/b1300.
  2. DiMichele, William A.; Chaney, Dan S.; Nelson, W. John; Lucas, Spencer G.; Looy, Cindy V.; Quick, Karen; Jun, Wang (July 2007). "A low diversity, seasonal tropical landscape dominated by conifers and peltasperms: Early Permian Abo Formation, New Mexico". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 145 (3–4): 249–273. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.11.003.
  3. ^ Lucas, Spencer G.; Krainer, Karl; Chaney, Dan S.; DiMichele, William A.; Voigt, Sebastian; Berman, David S.; Henrici, Amy C. (2013). "The Lower Permian Abo Formation in Central New Mexico". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 59: 161–180. hdl:10088/20977.
  4. Heilongjiang Stratigraphic Group. 1979. The Stratigraphic Tables of Heilongjiang. Geology Press 1-300
  5. Besairie, H.; Collignon, M. (1972). "Geologie de Madagascar I. Les Terrains Sedimentaires". Annales Géologiques de Madagascar. 35: 1–463.
  6. DiMichele, William A.; Lucas, Spencer G.; Krainer, Karl (July 2012). "Vertebrate trackways among a stand of Supaia White plants on an early Permian floodplain, New Mexico". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (4): 584–594. doi:10.1666/11-137R.1. S2CID 43781256.
Taxon identifiers
Supaia


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