Kingdom Plantae Order †Peltaspermales Genus †Pteruchus | Phylum †Pteridospermophyta Family †Corystospermaceae Species P. barrealensis | |
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Similar Dicroidium zuberi, Umkomasia, Dicroidium | ||
Pteruchus barrealensis is an unusually large species of Pteruchus with very elongate polleniferous herads from Early Triassic of Australia and Argentina.
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Description
Pteruchus barrealensis is one of the geologically earliest species of Pteruchus, and has very elongate polleniferous heads.
Whole plant reconstruction
Pteruchus barrealensis from the Early Triassic of Australia may have been produced by the same plant as Umkomasia feistmantelii (ovulate organs) and Dicroidium zuberi (leaves)
References
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