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: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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