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Extinct genus of seed-bearing plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheirophyllum is an extinct plant genus that existed during the Permian.[1]
Cheirophyllum Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Ginkgophyta |
Class: | Ginkgoopsida |
Order: | Ginkgoales |
Family: | Ginkgoaceae |
Genus: | †Cheirophyllum |
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In Brazil, fossils of the species C. speculare were located in the outcrop Morro Papalé in the city of Mariana Pimentel. Fossils of the genus have been found in the geopark Paleorrota in the Itararé Subgroup,[1] and date to the Sakmarian age of the Permian period.
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