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Gigantopterids (Gigantopteridales) is an extinct,
possibly polyphyletic group of seed
plants known from the
Permian period.
Gigantopterids were
among the...
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detected in
fossil plants that old,
including gigantopterids,
which evolved at that time and bear many of the
traits of modern, flowering...
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following the
collapse of the
gigantopterid-dominated
forests of before. In
contrast to the
highly biodiverse gigantopterid rainforests, the post-extinction...
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outcrop (Paraná Basin, Brazil).
Evidence of
changes of
composition of
gigantopterid-dominated
rainforests known from the
Longtan Formation (China) during...
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different from the more
regularly anastomosed venation of the true
gigantopterids (with
which the
Emplctopteridaceae fronds used to be confused). The...
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present in many areas, with a
diverse mix of
plant groups. The
gigantopterids thrived during this time; some of
these may have been part of the ancestral...
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found in
Permian deposits of that age
together with
fossils of
gigantopterids.
Gigantopterids are a
group of
extinct seed
plants that
share many morphological...
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Presence Material Notes Images Tinsleya T.
texana Maybelle Member.
Numerous specimens. A pteridosperm.
Zeilleropteris Z.
wattii Leaves. A
gigantopterid....
- Huqf area. Leaves. A
gigantopterid. G. sp. Huqf area. A
gigantopterid.
Gigantopteris G. sp. Huqf area. Leaves. A
gigantopterid.
Glossopteris G. angustifolia...
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Other plant groups present in the
formation include Noeggerathiales,
gigantopterids,
lyginopterids and
possible ginkgophytes. Stephenson,
Michael H.; Powell...
