Temporal range: Late Triassic to Eocene Rhaetian–Ypresian
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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.[1]
^Slodownik, Miriam; Hill, Robert S.; McLoughlin, Stephen (October 2023). "Komlopteris: A persistent lineage of post-Triassic corystosperms in Gondwana". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 317: 104950. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2023.104950.
Gondwanan Komlopteris species are often associated with fern dominated, humid temperate forested habitats. The finding of numerous leaves of Komlopteris in single...
and had mostly disappeared by the end of the Cretaceous Period, though Komlopteris seem to have survived into Eocene times, based on fossil finds in Tasmania...
the possible corystosperms Pachypteris and Komlopteris were widespread over both hemispheres, with Komlopteris surviving in the Southern Hemisphere through...
inconclusive. Corystosperm-aligned seed ferns, such as Pachypteris and Komlopteris were widespread across both hemispheres during the Jurassic. Czekanowskiales...
part of the stoma. The affinities of Pachypteris lay with Cycadopteris, Komlopteris, Dicroidium (a typical Corystospermalean foliage) and Ptilozamites. It...
"Pteridosperm", likely either a member of Peltaspermales or Corystospermales Komlopteris K. speciosa Member of Corystospermales Ctenis C. cf. sulcicaulis, sp...
Slodownik, Miriam; Hill, Robert S.; McLoughlin, Stephen (October 2023). "Komlopteris: A persistent lineage of post-Triassic corystosperms in Gondwana". Review...
structure of a corystosperm seed fern. Genus includes new species J. zhoui. Komlopteris distinctiva Sp. nov Barbacka in Barbacka et al. Early Jurassic (Hettangian)...
1002/spp2.1541. Slodownik, M.; Hill, R. S.; McLoughlin, S. (2023). "Komlopteris: A persistent lineage of post-Triassic corystosperms in Gondwana". Review...
on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022. Barbacka, M. (1994). "Komlopteris Barbacka, gen. nov., a segregate from Pachypteris Brongniart". Review...
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