''Neuropteris'' is an extinct
seed fern that existed in the
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous ( ) is a Geologic time scale, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the ...
period,
known only from
fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserve ...
s.
Gallery
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''
See also
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Coal forest
Coal forests were the vast swathes of freshwater swamp and riparian forests that covered much of the lands on Earth's tropical regions during the late Carboniferous ( Pennsylvanian) and Permian periods.Cleal, C. J. & Thomas, B. A. (2005). "Pala ...
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Macroneuropteris''
References
Pteridospermatophyta
Pennsylvanian plants
Prehistoric plant genera
Carboniferous first appearances
Carboniferous extinctions
Fossils of Georgia (U.S. state)
Paleozoic life of New Brunswick
Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia
Paleozoic life of Prince Edward Island
Prehistoric plants of North America
Taxa named by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux
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