Otozamites

Otozamites; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnosperms
Order:	†Bennettitales
Family:	†Williamsoniaceae
Genus:	†Otozamites; C.F.W.Braun
Type species
	†Otozamites brevifolius;

Otozamites is an extinct form genus of leaves belonging to the Bennettitales.[1][2][3]

Otozamites are an extinct form genus of leaves related to the Bennettitales.[4]

Most of the Otozamites leaves are secluded and conserved as pinnae.[5]

Leaflet of Otozamites have the shape of an elongated triangular shape with an acute apex.[6]

Otozamites pinnae that emerge from the rachis has never been recorded ever before in the history of the organism, worldwide.[7]

References

Wang, Yong-Dong; Ni, Qing; Jiang, Zi-Kun; Tian, Ning (2008-12-01). "Diversity variation and tempo-spatial distribution of Otozamites (Bennettitales) in the Mesozoic of China". Palaeoworld. Palaeobotany Issue: Biodiversity, Anatomy and Evolution of the Mesozoic Plants. 17 (3): 222–234. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2008.10.003. ISSN 1871-174X.
McLoughlin, Stephen; Pott, Christian (2009-06-01). "The Jurassic flora of Western Australia". GFF. 131 (1–2): 113–136. doi:10.1080/11035890902857846. ISSN 1103-5897.
Pott, Christian; McLoughlin, Stephen (2009-12-01). "Bennettitalean foliage in the Rhaetian–Bajocian (latest Triassic–Middle Jurassic) floras of Scania, southern Sweden". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 158 (1): 117–166. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.08.004. ISSN 0034-6667.

4. Wang, Y. D., Ni, Q., Jiang, Z. K., & Tian, N. (2008). Diversity variation and tempo-spatial distribution of Otozamites (Bennettitales) in the Mesozoic of China. Palaeoworld, 17(3-4), 222–234.

5. Barale, G. (1987). New observations on Otozamites pterophylloides Schimper 1872, emend. Saporta 1874, from the Jurassic of France and Denmark. Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 51(1-3), 117–126.

6. Küpper, K. (1968). Die Gattung Otozamites. Taxon, 17(5), 548–552.

7. OHANA, T., & KIMURA, T. (1991, December). 929. PERMINERALIZED OTOZAMITES LEAVES (BENNETTITALES) FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF HOKKAIDO, JAPAN. In Transactions and proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan. New series (Vol. 1991, No. 164, pp. 944–963). Palaeontological Society of Japan.

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[1] Wang, Yong-Dong; Ni, Qing; Jiang, Zi-Kun; Tian, Ning (2008-12-01). "Diversity variation and tempo-spatial distribution of Otozamites (Bennettitales) in the Mesozoic of China". Palaeoworld. Palaeobotany Issue: Biodiversity, Anatomy and Evolution of the Mesozoic Plants. 17 (3): 222–234. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2008.10.003. ISSN 1871-174X.

[2] McLoughlin, Stephen; Pott, Christian (2009-06-01). "The Jurassic flora of Western Australia". GFF. 131 (1–2): 113–136. doi:10.1080/11035890902857846. ISSN 1103-5897.

[3] Pott, Christian; McLoughlin, Stephen (2009-12-01). "Bennettitalean foliage in the Rhaetian–Bajocian (latest Triassic–Middle Jurassic) floras of Scania, southern Sweden". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 158 (1): 117–166. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.08.004. ISSN 0034-6667.