Pterophyllum (plant)
| Pterophyllum Temporal range:
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| Fossils and schematic diagram of Pterophyllum bavieri from the Late Triassic (Rhaetian) of northern Iran, Shemshak Group, A and B: leaves attached to a branch C: complete leaf | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Order: | †Bennettitales |
| Family: | †Williamsoniaceae |
| Genus: | †Pterophyllum Brongniart 1825 |
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| †Pterophyllum filicoides (Schlotheim) René Zeiller, 1906
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Pterophyllum is an extinct form genus of leaves known from the Carnian to the Maastrichtian, belonging to the Bennettitales (family Williamsoniaceae). It contains more than 50 species, and is mainly found in Eurasia and North America.