Sphenopteris
Sign in to saveSphenopteris is a genus of seed ferns containing the foliage of various extinct plants, ranging from the Devonian to Late Cretaceous. One species, S. höninghausi, was transferred to the genus Crossotheca in 1911.
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Vinony's link graph records 83 inbound references to Sphenopteris, and connects out to Devonian, Pteridospermatophyta and Brazil.
Vinony files it under Carboniferous plants, Cretaceous extinctions and Devonian plants.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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Sphenopteris is a genus of seed ferns containing the foliage of various extinct plants, ranging from the Devonian to Late Cretaceous. One species, S. höninghausi, was transferred to the genus Crossotheca in 1911.
== Biology == The frond of Sphenopteris could be up to long.
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