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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The name of a genus of fossil ferns proposed by Sterzel, including species previously referred by authors to Pecopteris, Alethopteris, and other genera, from which this genus has been separated in accordance with certain marked peculiarities in its fructification. It occurs in the Lower Carboniferous in various localities in Europe.

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