Baieroxylon
{{Short description|Extinct genus of seed-bearing plants}}
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| image_caption = Baieroxylon cicatricum fossil.
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- B. cicatricum †
- B. chilense †
- B. schuessleri †
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Baieroxylon is an extinct prehistoric genus of plants belonging to the Ginkgoaceae family during the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods.
Fossil record
Palaeontological sites producing fossils of Baieroxylon species have been discovered in:
- Neuquén Province, Argentina — from the Huincul Formation and Rayoso Formation, of the Cretaceous period.{{cite journal |last1=Martínez |first1=Leandro C. A. |last2=Lutz |first2=Alicia I. |title=Especies nuevas de Baieroxylon Greguss y Circoporoxylon Kräusel en las formaciones Rayoso y Huincul (Cretácico), provincia del Neuquén, Argentina |trans-title=New species of Baieroxylon Greguss and Circoporoxylon Kräusel in the Rayoso and Huincul formations (Cretaceous), Neuquén province, Argentina |language=Spanish |journal=Ameghiniana |date=September 2007 |volume=44 |issue=3 |pages=537–546 |url=https://ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/630 }}
- Franconia, Germany — from the Upper−Late Triassic epoch.{{cite journal |last1=Süss |first1=H. |last2=Kelber |first2=K.-P. |title=Eine neue Art der Morphogattung Baieroxylon Greguss aus dem Keuper von Franken, Deutschland |trans-title=A new species of the morpho genus Baieroxylon Greguss from the Keuper of Franconia, Germany |language=German |journal=Feddes Repertorium |date=May 2011 |volume=122 |issue=3–4 |pages=257–267 |doi=10.1002/fedr.201100021 }}
- Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil. — from the Santa Maria Formation in Paleorrota Geopark, of the Upper−Late Triassic epoch.{{cite journal |last1=Bardola |first1=Tatiana |last2=Schmidt |first2=Isabela |last3=Guerra-Sommer |first3=Margot |last4=Schultz |first4=Cesar |title=Lenhos de Ginkgophyta em florestas petrificadas no Triássico Superior sul-rio-grandense, Brasil |trans-title=Ginkgophyta wood in petrified forests in the Upper Triassic of southern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |language=Portuguese |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |date=20 August 2009 |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=139–148 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2009.2.04 |s2cid=140183005 |doi-access=free }}
- Chile.
References
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Category:Prehistoric gymnosperm genera
Category:Prehistoric plants of South America
Category:Cretaceous life of South America
Category:Late Triassic life of South America
Category:Triassic first appearances
Category:Cretaceous extinctions
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