Callipteridium

{{Short description|Extinct genus of plants}}

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| fossil_range = {{Geological range/linked|Carboniferous}}

| image = Cyclopteridaceae - Callipteridium.JPG

| image_caption = Fossil of Callipteridium species

| taxon = Callipteridium

| authority = Weiss, 1870

}}

Callipteridium is an extinct genus of pteridospermous seed ferns belonging to the family Cyclopteridaceae. These ferns existed in the Carboniferous period.

References

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  • [http://www.georgesbasement.com/LesquereuxAtlasP/Alethopterids-to-Protoblechnum-Lesquereux.htm#D Georges Basement]
  • Gilbert A. Leisman [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2439608?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents The Morphology and Anatomy of Callipteridium Sullivanti] American Journal of Botany - Vol. 47, No. 4 (Apr., 1960), pp. 281–287

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Category:Pteridospermatophyta

Category:Carboniferous plants

Category:Prehistoric plant genera

Category:Carboniferous first appearances

Category:Carboniferous extinctions

Category:Fossils of Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:Paleozoic life of Prince Edward Island

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