Systematic - Paleontology

Reign: Plantae
Phylum / Division: Tracheophyta
Class: Filicopsida
Order: Marattiales
Family: Marattiaceae
Scientific name: Pecopteris (Cyatheites) cf. miltonii Artis
Determiner / Autor: Leonardi, P.
Date determination / Revision: 1948

Geological age

Geochronology (Chronostratigraphy)

Eon (Eontema): Phanerozoic
Era (Eratema): Paleozoic
Period (System): Permian
Other chronological subdivisions: Late Permian

Description

It is the only fern leaf found in the Permian yet.

Location

Continent / Subcontinent: Europe
State: Italy
Region: Trentino Alto Adige
Province: Bolzano
Municipality: Redagno (BZ)
Place: Bletterbach

Università degli Studi di Padova, Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia

Item code: 31421

Bibliography

• Leonardi P., 1951, Mem. Ist. Geol. Univ. Padova, vol. 17, 23 pp., 3 tav.- t. 3, f. 1.
• Kustatscher E., Forte G., Roghi G., 2014 - La flora del Permiano dell'Italia settentrionale, in Palaeobotany in Italy - La Paleobotanica in Italia. pp. 84-97.