Glossopteris
| Glossopteris | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rango temporal: Pérmico | ||
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| Taxonomía | ||
| Dominio: | Eukaryota | |
| Reino: | Plantae | |
| Orden: | Arberiales o Glossopteridales | |
| Familia: | Glossopteridaceae | |
| Género: |
Glossopteris Brongn. 1828 ex Brongn 1831 | |
| Distribución | ||
 Fósil de la gimnosperma Glossopteris (verde oscuro) hallada en todos lo continentes del sur, dando fuerte evidencia de que los continentes fueron una vez amalgamados en el supercontinente Gondwana | ||
Glossopteris era un arbusto o árbol del género de los pteridófitos fósiles que caracterizó al final del Paleozoico al supercontinente Gondwana, de tal forma es la flora existente de esta planta es el género extinto orden de las plantas Glossopteridales.
Referencias
- Brongniart, A. 1828. Prodrome d’une histoire des végétaux fossiles. Paris. 223 pp.
- Brongniart, A. 1832. Histoire des végétaux fossiles ou recherches botaniques et géologiques sur les végétaux renfermés dans les diverses couches du globe. G. Dufour and E. D’Ocagne, Paris 1: 265-288
- Anderson, H.M. & Anderson, J.M. 1985. The Palaeoflora of Southern Africa: Prodromus of Southern African Megafloras, Devonian to Lower Cretaceous. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. 416 pp.
- Chandra, S. & Surange, K.R. 1979. Revision of the Indian species of Glossopteris. Monograph 2. Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow. 301 pp.
- Davis, Paul and Kenrick, Paul. 2004. Fossil Plants. Smithsonian Books (in association with the Natural History Museum of London), Washington, D.C. ISBN 1-58834-156-9
- Gould, R. E. and Delevoryas, T., 1977. The biology of Glossopteris: evidence from petrified seed-bearing and pollen-bearing organs. Alcheringa, 1: 387-399
- Pant DD 1977 The plant of Glossopteris. J Indian Bot Soc 56: 1-23
- Pant, D.D. & Gupta, K.L. 1971. Cuticular structure of some Indian Lower Gondwana species of Glossopteris Brongniart. Part 2. - Palaeontographica, 132B: 130-152
- Pant, D.D. & Nautiyal, D.D. 1987. Diphyllopteris verticellata Srivastava, the probable seedling of Glossopteris from the Paleozoic of India. - Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 51: 31-36
- Pant, D.D. & Pant, R. 1987. Some Glossopteris leaves from Indian Triassic beds. - Palaeontographica, 205B: 165-178
- Pant, D.D. & Singh, K.B. 1971. Cuticular structure of some Indian Lower Gondwana species of Glossopteris Brongniart. Part 3. - Palaeontographica, 135B: 1-40
- Pigg, K. B. 1990. Anatomically preserved Glossopteris foliage from the central Transantarctic Mountains. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 66: 105-127
- Pigg, K.B. & McLoughlin, S. 1997. Anatomically preserved Glossopteris leaves from the Bowen and Sydney basins, Australia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 97: 339-359
- Plumstead, E.P. (1969), Three thousand million years of plant life in Africa. Alex L. du Toit Memorial Lecture no. 11. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Afr. 72 (annex.): 1-72
- Taylor, E.L, Taylor, T.N. & Collinson, J.W. 1989. Depositional setting and palaeobotany of Permian and Triassic permineralized peat from the central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. - Internat. J. Coal Geol., 12: 657-679