Bennettitalesn.
/ˌbɛnətɪˈteɪliːz/ Palaeobot.
A class of gymnospermous fossil plants found chiefly in Mesozoic rocks.
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cycadite18..
Bothrodendron1835
lepidodendron1836
calamite1837
sphenophyllum1837
stigmaria1845
polyporite1846
fucoid1848
Muscites1859
lepidodendrid1863
Bennettites1871
lepidodendroid1872
progymnosperm1885
pteridosperm1904
Bennettitales1907
seed fern1907
1907 Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 38 52 Engler..adopts the derivative Bennettitales.
1910 A. C. Seward Fossil Plants II. xxii. 396 The microsporophylls of the Mesozoic Bennettitales produced their spores in sporangial compartments.
1917 A. C. Seward Fossil Plants III. xxxvi. 366 The term Bennettitales is used by Engler, Nathorst, and several other authors as a class-designation for a large number of Mesozoic Cycads agreeing in their..morphological characters with the Lower Cretaceous stems on which Carruthers founded the genus Bennettites.
Derivatives
ˌBennettiˈtalean adj. of or belonging to the Bennettitales.
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stigmarian1855
Mesophytic1880
calamitic1883
calamitean1895
Bennettitalean1917
parichnos1969
stigmarioid-
1917 A. C. Seward Fossil Plants III. xxxvi. 386 The memoir by Carruthers..contains the first account of the morphological features of Bennettitalean flowers based on petrified material.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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