Bjuvia
| Bjuvia Temporal range:
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Cycadophyta |
| Class: | Cycadopsida |
| Order: | Cycadales |
| Genus: | †Bjuvia Florin (1933) |
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Bjuvia is a genus of extinct cycads from the Late Permian to the Jurassic. They had simple leaves that were capable of reaching lengths of 1 m and a width of over 30 cm while the entire plant could exceed 8 m in height. During the Triassic, cycads like Bjuvia spread to inhabit wetlands previously occupied by plants like Lepidodendron and Sigillaria.[1][2]
References
- ^ Wachtler, Michael; van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, Johanna H.A. (January 2000), The Fossil Flora of the Wengen Formation (Ladinian) in the Dolomites (Italy)
- ^ Flores-Barragan, Miguel Angel; Velasco-de Leon, María Patricia (September 2021). "New records of Bjuvia and Nilssonia from the Permian of Mexico" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica.