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Neomariopteris

Neomariopteris is an extinct genus of plants dating from the Permian and Triassic Lower. Vascularized seedless plants (ferns) and reproduction by spores. They leaf type fronds. They lived in locales humid and swampy.

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Neomariopteris
Temporal range: Permian and Triassic Lower
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Neomariopteris

P.K. Maithy
Species
  • N. barakarensis
  • N. hughesii
  • N. lobifolia
  • N. polymorpha

Neomariopteris is an extinct genus of plants dating from the Permian and Triassic Lower. Vascularized seedless plants (ferns) and reproduction by spores. They leaf type fronds. They lived in locales humid and swampy.

Location

In Brazil, the fossil of species indefinite of the genus Neomariopteris, was located on outcrop Morro Papaléo in the city of Mariana Pimentel. They are in the geopark Paleorrota in Rio Bonito Formation and date from Sakmarian at Permian.1

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