Komlopteris

Komlopteris
Temporal range: Late Triassic to Eocene
Specimen of Komlopteris cenozoicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: †Corystospermales
Family: †Corystospermaceae
Genus: †Komlopteris
Barbacka, 1994
Type species
Komlopteris nordenskioeldii
(Nathorst, 1878) Barbacka, 1994
Species
  • K. nordenskioeldii
  • K. rotundata
  • K. speciosa
  • K. distinctiva
  • K. cenozoicus
  • K. victoriensis:
  • K. indica
  • K. tiruchirapalliense
  • K. purlawaughensis
  • K. khatangiensis
  • K. constricta
  • K. artabeae
  • K. nestarensis
Synonyms
  • Alicurana Herbst and Gnaedinger, 2002

Komlopteris is an extinct genus of "seed fern" with possible corystosperm affinities. Fossils have been found across both hemispheres, dating from the latest Triassic to the early Eocene (Ypresian), making it the youngest "seed fern" in the fossil record.

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