Umkomasia feistmantelii
| Umkomasia Temporal range: Early Triassic | |
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| Umkomasia feistmantelii ovulate structure from the Early Triassic Newport Formation of Turimetta Head, NSW, Australia. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Phylum: | †Pteridospermophyta |
| Order: | †Peltaspermales |
| Family: | †Corystospermaceae |
| Genus: | Umkomasia |
| Species: | U. feistmantelii |
| Binomial name | |
| Umkomasia feistmantelii Holmes 1987 | |
Umkomasia feistmantelii is an unusually large species of Umkomasia from the Early Triassic of New South Wales, Australia.
Umkomasia feistmantelii expanded cupule from the Early Triassic Newport Formation of Turimetta Head, NSW, Australia
Umkomasia feistmantelii reconstructed plant, Early Triassic Newport Formation, Turimetta Head, New South Wales, Australia
Description
Umkomasia feistmantelii is found both with cupules enclosing the large seeds and with cupules open and expandede into a star-shaped form.
Whole Plant Reconstruction
Umkomasia feistmantelii from the Early Triassic of Australia may have been produced by the same plant as Pteruchus barrealensis (pollen organs) and Dicroidium zuberi (leaves)[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Retallack G.J. (1977). "Reconstructing Triassic vegetation of southeastern Australia: a new approach to the biostratigraphy of Gondwanaland". Alcheringa. 1: 247–265. doi:10.1080/03115517708527763.
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