Rodeites

Rodeites dakshinii
Temporal range: Paleogene-Neogene[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida /
Pteridopsida (disputed)
Order: Salviniales
Family: Marsileaceae
Genus: Rodeites 
Species: R. dakshinii 
Binomial name
Rodeites dakshinii

Rodeites dakshinii is a fossil belonging to the fern family Marsileaceae. The fossil consists of a preserved sporocarp containing spores, and was recovered from a Cenozoic chert of India.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Taylor, Thomas N.; Edith L. Taylor (1993). The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 434–435. ISBN 0-13-651589-4.


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