Definition of Pecopteris. Meaning of Pecopteris. Synonyms of Pecopteris

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Definition of Pecopteris

Pecopteris
Pecopteris Pe*cop"te*ris, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to comb + ? a kind of fern.] (Paleon.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from the regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.

Meaning of Pecopteris from wikipedia

- Pecopteris is a very common form genus of leaves. Most Pecopteris leaves and fronds are ****ociated with the marattialean tree fern Psaronius. However...
- include: Asterotheca, Acitheca, Remia and Radstockia. Pecopteris polymorpha Pecopteris arborescens Pecopteris villosa The bases where the leaves attached were...
- Probably many species were epiphytic. Fossil ferns and "seed ferns" include Pecopteris, Cyclopteris, Neuropteris, Alethopteris, and Sphenopteris; Megaphyton...
- †Pecopteris newberryanaPecopteris nodosaPecopteris notataPecopteris oblongaPecopteris oblongifoliaPecopteris odontopteroidesPecopteris oreopteridia...
- Corynepteris, Crossotheca, Cyathocarpus, Lobatopheris, Oligocarpia, Pecopteris, Polymorphopteris, Renaultia, Sphyropteris, Sturia, Zeilleria Tree-fern...
- names based on how they are preserved. Synonyms for Asterotheca include: Pecopteris arborescens - compression foliage Psaronius - trunk Scolecopteris - permineralized...
- Filicales and Zygopteridales understory ferns, with common foliage names of Pecopteris, Acitheca and Lobatopteris; pteridosperms, also known as seed ferns, an...
- cooperi †Paurorhyncha endlichiPecopterisPecopteris aspera – or unidentified comparable form †Pecopteris cyatheaPecopteris lamuriana †Penascoceras †Penascoceras...
- †PecopterisPecopteris arborescensPecopteris ellipticaPecopteris feminaeformisPecopteris hemitelioidesPecopteris hemiteloidesPecopteris pennaeformis...
- living species. Probably many species were epiphytic. Fossil ferns include Pecopteris and the tree ferns Megaphyton and Caulopteris. Seed ferns or Pterido****tophyta...