Baieroxylon

Baieroxylon is an extinct prehistoric genus of plants belonging to the Ginkgoaceae family during the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods.

Baieroxylon
Temporal range: Triassic to Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Ginkgophyta
Class: Ginkgoopsida
Order: Ginkgoales
Family: Ginkgoaceae
Genus: Baieroxylon
Species
  • B. cicatricum
  • B. chilense
  • B. schuessleri

Fossil record

Palaeontological sites producing fossils of Baieroxylon species have been discovered in:

References

  1. Martínez, Leandro C. A.; Lutz, Alicia I. (September 2007). "Especies nuevas de Baieroxylon Greguss y Circoporoxylon Kräusel en las formaciones Rayoso y Huincul (Cretácico), provincia del Neuquén, Argentina" [New species of Baieroxylon Greguss and Circoporoxylon Kräusel in the Rayoso and Huincul formations (Cretaceous), Neuquén province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana (in Spanish). 44 (3): 537–546.
  2. Süss, H.; Kelber, K.-P. (May 2011). "Eine neue Art der Morphogattung Baieroxylon Greguss aus dem Keuper von Franken, Deutschland" [A new species of the morpho genus Baieroxylon Greguss from the Keuper of Franconia, Germany]. Feddes Repertorium (in German). 122 (3–4): 257–267. doi:10.1002/fedr.201100021.
  3. Bardola, Tatiana; Schmidt, Isabela; Guerra-Sommer, Margot; Schultz, Cesar (20 August 2009). "Lenhos de Ginkgophyta em florestas petrificadas no Triássico Superior sul-rio-grandense, Brasil" [Ginkgophyta wood in petrified forests in the Upper Triassic of southern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia (in Portuguese). 12 (2): 139–148. doi:10.4072/rbp.2009.2.04. S2CID 140183005.
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