''Dicroidium odontopteroides'' was a common and widespread species of '' Dicroidium'' known from

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. The species was first discovered in Triassic sediments of Tasmania and described by the palaeontologist John Morris in 1845.

Description

The leaves of ''Dicroidium odontopteroides'' differ from other species of '' Dicroidium'' in being unipinnate and having short rounded pinnae.

Whole plant reconstructions

''Dicroidium odontopteroides'' may have been produced by the same plant as '' Umkomasia macleanii'' (ovulate structures) and '' Pteruchus africanus'' (pollen organs), based on cuticular similarities between these leaves and reproductive structures at the Umkomaas locality of South Africa.

References

Triassic plants Pteridospermatophyta {{triassic-plant-stub