Glossophyllum

Glossophyllum
Temporal range: Early-Late Triassic
Remains of Glossophyllum spetsbergensis and Glossophyllum substrictum from the Late Triassic of Svalbard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Ginkgophyta
Class: Ginkgoopsida
Order: Ginkgoales
Genus: Glossophyllum
Kräusel, 1943
Type species
Glossophyllum florinii
Kräusel, 1943
Species

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Synonyms
  • Arberophyllum Doweld, 2000

Glossophyllum is an extinct genus of plants known from fossilized leaves of the Triassic of Eurasia, with affinities to Ginkgoales. The leaves are elongate relative to modern Ginkgo, being lanceolate, strap or tongue shaped.[1]

  1. ^ Sun, Yanqi; Deng, Shenghui; Lu, Yuanzheng; Fan, Ru; Ma, Xueying; Lü, Dan (June 2022). "Emendation of the Triassic plant species Glossophyllum shensiense (Ginkgoales) with a review of the genus Glossophyllum Kräusel". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 301: 104657. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104657. S2CID 247811348.

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