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Glossopteris, genus of fossilized woody plants known from rocks that have been dated to the Permian and Triassic periods (roughly 300 to 200 million years ago), deposited on the southern supercontinent of Gondwana. Glossopteris occurred in a variety of growth forms.
Glossopteris (etymology: from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, " tongue ") + πτερίς (pterís, " fern ")) is the largest and best-known genus of the extinct Permian order of seed plants known as Glossopteridales (also known as Arberiales, Ottokariales, or Dictyopteridiales).
The Glossopteridales are an extinct group of seed plants that arose during the Permian on the great southern continent of Gondwana. These plants went on to become a dominant part of the southern flora through the rest of the Permian, though they dwindled to extinction by the end of the Triassic Period.
Nov 21, 2023 · From the Latin word gloss (meaning tongue) and pteris (meaning fern), Glossopteris was a shrub or tree-sized plant that covered large portions of the supercontinent Gondwana. Over seventy...
Glossopteris was a genus of woody gymnosperms that was common through out the continent of Gondwana, providing another piece of evidence for the theory of continental drift (Fossil Museum 2010). They were found in wet, swampy habitats, much like bald cypress (Fossil Museum 2010).
Apr 30, 2020 · Glossopteris fossils provide important evidence for currently accepted distribution of continental plates in the Permian period that ended 250 million years ago. Fossils have been found in regions as distant as Patagonia, India and southern Australia.
Almost 200 years after the discovery and formal description of Glossopteris, a widespread fossil gymnosperm of India and the southern continents, several key questions remain unanswered about this plant group. Glossopteris achieved iconic status.
