Sagenopteris Temporal range: Jurassic − |
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Sagenopteris phillipsii leaves, Middle Jurassic, Gristhorpe Bed, Cloughton Formation, Cayton Bay, Yorkshire. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Pteridospermatophyta |
Order: | Caytoniales |
Family: | Caytoniaceae |
Genus: |
Sagenopteris Presl 1838 |
Species | |
Sagenopteris are form genus used for leaves of certain extinct seed ferns.
Sagenopteris" has palmately arranged leaves with anastomosing venation
Different organs attributed to the same original plant can be reconstructed from co-occurrence at the same locality and from similarities in the stomatal apparatus and other anatomical peculiarities of fossilized cuticles.