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Pleuromeiaceae

Pleuromeiaceae
Pleuromeia reconstructions.jpg
Reconstructions of fossils Cylostrobus sydneyensis and Pleuromeia dubia(Pleuromeiaceae) and Tomiostrobus australis (Isoetaceae) from the Early Triassic of the Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Lycopodiophyta
Class: Isoetopsida
Order: Isoetales
Family: Pleuromeiaceae
Genera

Pleuromeiaceae is an extinct family of plants related to living quillworts (Isoetes), but with tall stems and terminal compact cones. They were especially widespread globally in the aftermath of the Permian Triassic mass extinctions.


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