Baiera
Extinct genus of seed plants in the family Ginkgoaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with two unaccepted genera with a similar name, Baeria.
Baiera is a genus of prehistoric gymnosperms in the order Ginkgoales.[2] It is one of the oldest fossil foliage types of Ginkgoales,[3] and is related to the genera Ginkgo and Ginkgoites. Fossils of Baiera are found worldwide, and have been known from the Permian to the Cretaceous.
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Baiera | |
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Baiera gracilis fossil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Ginkgophyta |
Class: | Ginkgoopsida |
Order: | Ginkgoales |
Family: | Ginkgoaceae |
Genus: | †Baiera Braun [de], 1843 |
Species | |
†Baiera africana |
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