Baiera

Baiera is a genus of prehistoric gymnosperms in the order Ginkgoales.[2] It is related to the genera Ginkgo and Ginkgoites. It is lobed into four segments and has no stalk.[3] Fossils of Baiera are found worldwide, and have been known from the Permian to the Cretaceous.

Not to be confused with two unaccepted genera with a similar name, Baeria.

Baiera
Temporal range: 298.9–94.3 Ma [1] Permian–Cretaceous
Artist's reconstruction of Baiera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Ginkgophyta
Class: Ginkgoopsida
Order: Ginkgoales
Family: Ginkgoaceae
Genus: †Baiera
Braun, 1843
Species

†Baiera darleyensis
†Baiera digitata
†Baiera gracilis
†Baiera mansfeldensis

References
  1. "Fossilworks: Baiera". fossilworks.org.
  2. "Fossilworks: Baiera". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  3. "Ginkgophyte | plant division". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-02-03.


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