Pseudoctenis

Pseudoctenis is a genus of fossil foliage attributable to the Cycadales. It is one of the most common genera of cycad fossil foliage in the Mesozoic.

Pseudoctenis
Temporal range: Permian to Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Cycadophyta
(unranked):
Cycadopsida
Order:
Cycadales
Genus:
Pseudoctenis

Seward 1911[1]
Species

Taxonomy

The genus was erected by Albert Seward based on material from the Jurassic of Sutherland. Although he did not publish a diagnosis for the genus, he noticed the similarity with the genus Ctenis, stating that the main difference between the two is the absence of anastomoses in Pseudoctenis.

References
  1. Seward, A.C. (1911): The Jurassic flora of Sutherland. โ€“ Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 47: 643-709.
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