Umaltolepis
Extinct genus of plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Umaltolepis is an extinct genus of seed plant, known from the Early Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Asia. Within the form classification system used within paleobotany, it refers to the seed-bearing reproductive structures, which grew on woody plants with strap-shaped Ginkgo-like leaves assigned to the genus Pseudotorellia.
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Umaltolepis | |
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Diagram of a ripe Umaltolepis, showing the homologies of the various parts of the structure | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Ginkgophyta |
Class: | Ginkgoopsida |
Family: | †Umaltolepidaceae Zhou |
Genus: | †Umaltolepis (Krassilov) Herrera, Shi, Ichinnorov, Takahashi, Bugdaeva, Herendeen, et Crane emend. |
Type species | |
†Umaltolepis vachrameevii Krassilov | |
Species | |
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