Moresnetiaceae

Moresnetiaceae; Temporal range: Devonian–Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	A reconstruction of Stamnostoma huttonense from the Early Carboniferous Cementstone Group at Foulden Newton, Berwickshire, England
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Phylum:	†Pteridospermophyta
Order:	†Lyginopteridales
Family:	†Moresnetiaceae
genera
	Elkinsia ovulate cupule; Calathospermum ovulate cupule; Stamnostoma ovulate cupule; Archaeosperma ovulate cupule; Kerryia ovulate cupule; Pullaritheca ovulate cupule; Salpingostoma ovule; Hydrasperma ovule; Diplopteridium leaves;

Moresnetiaceae is a natural family of seed ferns (Pteridospermophyta) in North American and European Devonian to Carboniferous coal measures.^[3]

Description

Moresnetiaceae were shrubs to trees with radiospermic ovules with a lagenostome and aggregated into multiovular cupules.

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