Stauropteridaceae

Stauropteridaceae is a family of ferns or fern-like plants from the Devonian and Upper Carboniferous. It is the only family placed in the order Stauropteridales.[1]

Stauropteridaceae
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pteridophyta
Order: Stauropteridales
Family: Stauropteridaceae
Genera

Stauropteris
Gillespiea
Rowleya

References

  1. Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor, Michael Krings: Paleobotany. The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Second Edition, Academic Press 2009, ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8, p. 405-407.


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