Collection: De Zigno Collection

Systematic - Paleontology

Reign: Plantae
Phylum/ Division: Incertae sedis
Order: Incertae sedis
Family: Incertae sedis
Scientific name: Dichopteris visianica (De Zigno, 1864)

Geological age

Geochronology (Chronostratigraphy)

Eon (Eontema): Phanerozoic
Era (Eratema): Mesozoic
Period (System): Jurassic
Other chronological subdivisions: Jurassic

Description: Fossil fern, extinct taxa, probably adapted to an undergrowth habitat.

Location

Continent / Subcontinent: Europe
State: Italy
Region: Veneto
Province: Verona
Municipality: Roverè Veronese
Place: Valle Zuliani

Università degli Studi di Padova, Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia

Item code: 3466Z

Bibliography

• Thévenard, F., Barale, G., Guignard, G., Daviero-Gomez, V., Gomez, B., Philippe, M., Labert, N., 2005. Reappraisal of the ill-defined Liassic pteridosperm Dichopteris using an ultrastructural approach. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 149, 313–332.