Pseudoctenis
Pseudoctenis is a genus of fossil foliage attributable to the Cycadales. It is one of the most common genera of cycad fossil foliage in the Mesozoic.
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| Genus: | Pseudoctenis Seward 1911[1] |
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Taxonomy
The genus was erected by Albert Seward based on material from the Jurassic of Sutherland. Although he did not publish a diagnosis for the genus, he noticed the similarity with the genus Ctenis, stating that the main difference between the two is the absence of anastomoses in Pseudoctenis.
References
- Seward, A.C. (1911): The Jurassic flora of Sutherland. – Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 47: 643-709.
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