Nilssonia (plant)
| Nilssonia Temporal range: Triassic to Late Cretaceous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Spermatophyta |
| Subdivision: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Spermatopsida |
| Order: | Bennettitales |
| Family: | Cycadeoidaceae |
| Genus: | Nilssonia (Brongniart), 1825.[1] |
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Nilssonia is an extinct genus of plants belonging to Bennettitales, which were similar to cycads in growth form and leaf morphology, but completely different in reproductive structures. Bennettitales were found around the globe during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous.[2][3][4]
Location of palaeontological sites
- Australia
- United States
- China
- In Paleorrota geopark in Brazil. Upper Triassic period, the Santa Maria Formation.[5]
References
- ↑ Early Cretaceous macrofloras of Western Australia
- ↑ rticle/pii/S0034666706001448 Morphology and epidermal anatomy of Nilssonia (cycadalean foliage) from the Upper Triassic of Lunz (Lower Austria)
- ↑ A clarification of the type of Nilssoniopteris Nathorst (fossil Gymnospermophyta,Bennettitales)
- ↑ The Cycads, Cycadeoids (Bennettitales) and Ginkgophytes
- ↑ Passo das Tropas, Santa Maria, RS. Marco bioestratigráfico triássico na evolução paleoflorística do Gondwana na Bacia do Paraná