422 / Paleozoic
Gangamopteris
Gangamopteris obovata
Broad tongue-shaped leaves lacked the strong midrib of later glossopterids.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 299–260 million years ago
- Final stage
- Late Permian
- Geographic range
- Cool-temperate wetlands · Gondwana
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Gangamopteris?
Gangamopteris (Gangamopteris obovata) was an extinct organism known from About 299–260 million years ago, with a range in Cool-temperate wetlands · Gondwana.
Life and ecology
It grew in cold seasonal southern wetlands, perhaps alongside early Glossopteris forests.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Gangamopteris disappear?
Its record ends about 260 million years ago, before the end-Permian mass extinction; Permian vegetation change is possible context, but the cause is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Gangamopteris?
Leaves and cuticles constrain foliage and habitat; the full plant remains comparative.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS