Pleuromeiaceae

Pleuromeiaceae is an extinct family of plants related to living quillworts (Isoetes), in the order Isoetales but with tall stems and terminal compact cones. They were especially widespread globally during the Early and Middle Triassic in the aftermath of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction.[1]

Pleuromeiaceae
Temporal range:
Reconstruction of Pleuromeia sternbergii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Isoetales
Family: †Pleuromeiaceae
Genera
  • †Cylomeia
  • †Cylostrobus
  • †Ferganodendron
  • †Lycostrobus
  • †Pleuromeia
  • †Lycomeia
  • †Mesenteriophyllum
  • †Pleurocaulus
  • †Takhtajanodoxa

References
  1. Retallack, Gregory J. (2013). "Permian and Triassic greenhouse crises". Gondwana Research. 24: 90–103. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2012.03.003.


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