Glossopteris
Translingual
Wikispecies
Etymology
From French Glossopteris, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”) + πτερίς (pterís, “fern”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡlɒˈsɒptəɹɪs/
Proper noun
Glossopteris f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Glossopteridaceae – extinct seed ferns found in fossils.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 129:
- We can put a Permian (about 275 million years) age on many of the Glossopteris fossils, and we know them well from Australia.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 129: