Dicroidium odontopteroides
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Dicroidium odontopteroides was a common and widespread species of Dicroidium known from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, South America and Antarctica. The species was first discovered in Triassic sediments of Tasmania and described by the palaeontologist John Morris in 1845.[1]
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Dicroidium odontopteroides | |
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Dicroidium odontopteroides fossil leaf, Late Triassic Molteno Formation near Birds River South Africa. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Order: | †Corystospermales |
Family: | †Corystospermaceae |
Genus: | †Dicroidium |
Species: | †D. odontopteroides |
Binomial name | |
†Dicroidium odontopteroides (Morris) Gothan | |
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