Medullosa

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Medullosa
Temporal range: Serpukhovian - Cisuralian
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pteridospermatophyta
Order: Medullosales
Family: Alethopteridaceae
Genus: Medullosa
B. von Cotta (1832)
Species
  • Medullosa anglica
  • Medullosa centrofilis
  • Medulosa endocentrica
  • Medullosa geriensis
  • Medullosa gigas
  • Medullosa leuckartii
  • Medullosa noei
  • Medullosa olseniae
  • Medullosa porosa
  • Medullosa primaeva
  • Medullosa pusilla
  • Medullosa solmsii
  • Medullosa steinii
  • Medullosa stellata
  • Medullosa thomsonii

Medullosa is an extinct genus of Pteridospermatophyta from the Late Mississippian to the Early Permian. The genus has a distribution across Europe and North America, with only two species (M. primaeva and M. anglica) having been found on both continents. [1]

References

  1. Taylor, Edith L.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Krings, Michael (21 January 2009). Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Academic Press. ISBN   978-0-08-055783-0.