Umkomasia Temporal range: Early Triassic–Late Triassic |
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Umkomasia macleanii ovulate structure, Late Triassic, Molteno Formation, Umkomaas, South Africa. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Phylum: | †Pteridospermophyta |
Order: | †Peltaspermales |
Family: | †Corystospermaceae |
Genus: |
Umkomasia Thomas 1933 |
Species | |
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Umkomasia is a genus of seed ferns (Pteridospermophyta), and first based on fossils collected by Hamshaw Thomas from the Burnera Waterfall locality near the Umkomaas River of South Africa He recognized on the basis of cuticular similarities that the same plant produced pollen organs Pteruchus and the leaves Dicroidium
Umkomasia has helmet like cupules around ovules born in complex large branching structures.