Alethopteris
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Extinct genus of plants
| Alethopteris | |
|---|---|
| Alethopteris grandini, late Carboniferous, Kansas. At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | †Pteridospermatophyta |
| Order: | †Medullosales |
| Family: | †Alethopteridaceae |
| Genus: | †Alethopteris |
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Alethopteris is a prehistoric plant genus of fossil pteridospermatophytes (seed ferns) that developed in the Carboniferous period (around 360 to 300 million years ago).[1]
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- ^ "Seed Fern Fossil". www.fossilmuseum.net. Retrieved 2016年12月01日.
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