Sphenopteris
Sign in to saveSphenopteris is a genus of seed ferns containing the foliage of various extinct plants, ranging from the Devonian to Late Cretaceous. One species, S. höninghausi, was transferred to the genus Crossotheca in 1911.
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Sphenopteris is a genus of seed ferns containing the foliage of various extinct plants, ranging from the Devonian to Late Cretaceous. One species, S. höninghausi, was transferred to the genus Crossotheca in 1911.
== Biology == The frond of Sphenopteris could be up to long.
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Brazil
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Colombia
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Jurassic
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Carboniferous plantsCretaceous extinctionsDevonian plantsEarly Cretaceous plantsFossils of BrazilFossils of ColombiaFossils of Georgia (U.S. state)Fossil taxa described in 1825Jurassic ColombiaJurassic plantsLate Cretaceous plantsLate Devonian first appearancesMississippian plantsPaleozoic life of New BrunswickPaleozoic life of Newfoundland and LabradorPaleozoic life of Nova ScotiaPaleozoic life of NunavutPennsylvanian plantsPermian plantsPrehistoric plant generaPrehistoric plants of South AmericaPteridospermatophytaTriassic plants