479 / Paleozoic
Noeggerathia
Noeggerathia foliosa
A palm-like crown belonged not to a fern but to an extinct heterosporous seed-plant relative.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 302–295 million years ago
- Final stage
- Latest Carboniferous to earliest Permian
- Geographic range
- Seasonal wetland forest · China and Europe
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Noeggerathia?
Noeggerathia (Noeggerathia foliosa) was an extinct organism known from About 302–295 million years ago, with a range in Seasonal wetland forest · China and Europe.
Life and ecology
Forked leaves formed a terminal crown above fertile shoots bearing dense sporangia in seasonal wetlands.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Noeggerathia disappear?
Early Permian vegetation turnover is possible context for the end of noeggerathialean communities; a specific cause is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Noeggerathia?
Associated stems, leaves and fertile organs restore the whole plant and corrected its former fern interpretation.
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