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Pleuromeia

Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Subdivisio: Lycopodiophyta
Classis: Isoetopsida
Order: †Pleuromeiales
Familia: †Pleuromeiaceae
Genus: †Pleuromeia
Species: †Pleuromeia sternbergi

Pleuromeia is a genus of extinct spore-trees belonging to the order Pleuromeiales and class Isoetopsida.

It was one of the most common plants during the recovery from the Permian-Triassic extinction event.[1]

References

1. ^ Zi-qiang, W. (1996), "Recovery of vegetation from the terminal Permian mass extinction in North China", Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology vol. 91, issues 1-4, pp 121-142

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