Pleuromeiaceae
| Pleuromeiaceae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Lycophytes |
| Class: | Lycopodiopsida |
| Order: | Isoetales |
| Family: | †Pleuromeiaceae |
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Pleuromeiaceae is an extinct family of plants related to living quillworts (Isoetes), in the order Isoetales but with tall stems and terminal compact cones. They were especially widespread globally during the Early and Middle Triassic in the aftermath of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction.[1] Equicalastrobus was previously assigned to the family as part of the genus Lycostrobus, but has since been redescribed under the new genus as part of the family Equisetaceae.[2]
References
- ^ Retallack, Gregory J. (2013). "Permian and Triassic greenhouse crises". Gondwana Research. 24: 90–103. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2012.03.003.
- ^ Grauvogel-Stamm, Le´a; Ash, Sidney R. (1 October 1999). ""Lycostrobus" chinleana, an equisetalean cone from the Upper Triassic of the southwestern United States and its phylogenetic implications". American Journal of Botany. 86 (10): 1391–1405 – via Botanical Society of America.