Otozamites

Otozamites; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Cycadeoidophyta
Order:	†Bennettitales
Family:	Williamsoniaceae
Genus:	Otozamites
Type species
	Otozamites brevifolius; (Braun, 1843)

Otozamites is an extinct form genus of leaves belonging to the Bennettitales.[1][2][3]

Otozamites are an extinct form genus of leaves related to the Bennettitales.[4]

Most of the Otozamites leaves are secluded and conserved as pinnae.[5]

Leaflet of Otozamites have the shape of an elongated triangular shape with an acute apex.[6]

Otozamites pinnae that emerge from the Rachis has never been recorded ever before in the history of the organism, worldwide.[7]

References

Wang, Yong-Dong; Ni, Qing; Jiang, Zi-Kun; Tian, Ning (2008-12-01). "Diversity variation and tempo-spatial distribution of Otozamites (Bennettitales) in the Mesozoic of China". Palaeoworld. Palaeobotany Issue: Biodiversity, Anatomy and Evolution of the Mesozoic Plants. 17 (3): 222–234. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2008.10.003. ISSN 1871-174X.
McLoughlin, Stephen; Pott, Christian (2009-06-01). "The Jurassic flora of Western Australia". GFF. 131 (1–2): 113–136. doi:10.1080/11035890902857846. ISSN 1103-5897.
Pott, Christian; McLoughlin, Stephen (2009-12-01). "Bennettitalean foliage in the Rhaetian–Bajocian (latest Triassic–Middle Jurassic) floras of Scania, southern Sweden". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 158 (1): 117–166. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.08.004. ISSN 0034-6667.

4. Wang, Y. D., Ni, Q., Jiang, Z. K., & Tian, N. (2008). Diversity variation and tempo-spatial distribution of Otozamites (Bennettitales) in the Mesozoic of China. Palaeoworld, 17(3-4), 222-234.

5. Barale, G. (1987). New observations on Otozamites pterophylloides Schimper 1872, emend. Saporta 1874, from the Jurassic of France and Denmark. Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 51(1-3), 117-126.

6. Küpper, K. (1968). Die Gattung Otozamites. Taxon, 17(5), 548-552.

7. OHANA, T., & KIMURA, T. (1991, December). 929. PERMINERALIZED OTOZAMITES LEAVES (BENNETTITALES) FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF HOKKAIDO, JAPAN. In Transactions and proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan. New series (Vol. 1991, No. 164, pp. 944-963). Palaeontological Society of Japan.

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[1] Wang, Yong-Dong; Ni, Qing; Jiang, Zi-Kun; Tian, Ning (2008-12-01). "Diversity variation and tempo-spatial distribution of Otozamites (Bennettitales) in the Mesozoic of China". Palaeoworld. Palaeobotany Issue: Biodiversity, Anatomy and Evolution of the Mesozoic Plants. 17 (3): 222–234. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2008.10.003. ISSN 1871-174X.

[2] McLoughlin, Stephen; Pott, Christian (2009-06-01). "The Jurassic flora of Western Australia". GFF. 131 (1–2): 113–136. doi:10.1080/11035890902857846. ISSN 1103-5897.

[3] Pott, Christian; McLoughlin, Stephen (2009-12-01). "Bennettitalean foliage in the Rhaetian–Bajocian (latest Triassic–Middle Jurassic) floras of Scania, southern Sweden". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 158 (1): 117–166. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.08.004. ISSN 0034-6667.