Neuropteris

{{Short description|Extinct genus of plants}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|318|Late Carboniferous|Late Carboniferous}}

| image = Neuropteris ovata.jpg

| image_caption = Neuropteris ovata, late Carboniferous, Kansas. At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.

| taxon = Neuropteris

| authority = Desv.

}}

Neuropteris is an extinct seed fern that existed in the Carboniferous period,{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/Neuropteris7.html|title=Neuropteris|website=www.geocraft.com|access-date=2016-12-01}} known only from fossils.

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File:Neuropteris flexuosa kz01.jpg|N. flexuosa

File:Neuropteris flexuosa fossil plant (Mazon Creek Lagerstatte, Francis Creek Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian; coal mine dump pile near Essex, northern Illinois, USA) (14910119354).jpg|N. flexuosa

File:Neuropteris gigantea.JPG|N. gigantea

File:Neuropteris scheuchzeri 310 maf Mazon Creek.jpg|N. scheuchzeri

File:Neuropteris schlehani 4.JPG|N. schlehani

File:Neuropteris speciosa 300 maf Saone et Loire.jpg|N. speciosa

File:Neuropteris tetraphylla.JPG|N. tetraphylla

File:Neuropteris pseudoblissi.JPG|N. pseudoblissi

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