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Araucarites

Araucarites
Temporal range: Permian to Eocene
~290–49 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Araucariaceae
Genus: †Araucarites
Presl 1838

Araucarites is an extinct genus of conifer, used to refer to female conifer cones that resemble those of the family Araucariaceae.[1] Species assigned to the genus lived in the Permian to Eocene and have been found worldwide.[2][3]

Species

A number of species have been described in Araucarites.

A. aquiensis[2]
A. cutchensis[4]
A. goepperti[2]
A. ooliticum[5]
A. pachacuteci[6]
A. selseyensis[7]

References

  1. ^ Zijlstra, Gea; Cittert, Han (May 2000). "(1446) Proposal to conserve the name Araucarites C. Presl (Fossil Gymnospermae, Coniferales, Araucariaceae ) against Araucarites Endl. (Fossil Gymnospermae, Coniferales )". Taxon. 49 (2): 279–280. doi:10.2307/1223841. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1223841.
  2. ^ a b c "Araucarites Presl 1833 (conifer)". Fossilworks. Macquarie University. 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ Upchurch, G. R.; Crane, P. R.; Drinnan, A. N. (1994). "The Megaflora from the Quantico Locality (Upper Albian), Lower Cretaceous Potomac Group of Virginia". Virginia Museum of Natural History. 4: 1–57. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  4. ^ Chinnappa, Ch.; Kavali, Pauline Sabina; Rajanikanth, A.; di Pasquo, Mercedes; Bernardes-de-Oliveira, M. E. C. (2021). "Early Cretaceous Flora from the East Coast Sedimentary Basins of India: Their Chronostratigraphic and Palaeobiogeographic Significance". Mesozoic Stratigraphy of India. Society of Earth Scientists Series. pp. 469–528. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-71370-6_17. ISBN 978-3-030-71369-0. S2CID 240719552.
  5. ^ Andrews, H. N. (1970). "Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820-1965". Geological Survey Bulletin. 1300. doi:10.3133/b1300.
  6. ^ Martínez, L.C.A.; Pacheco Huacallo, E.; Pujana, R.R.; Padula, H. (June 2020). "A new megaflora (leaves and reproductive structures) from the Huancané Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Peru". Cretaceous Research. 110: 104426. Bibcode:2020CrRes.11004426M. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104426. S2CID 213340202.
  7. ^ Chandler, M. E. J. (1961). "Post-Ypresian plant remains from the Isle of Wight and the Selsey Peninsula, Sussex". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology. 5 (2): 1–41. doi:10.5962/p.313863.


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