Supaia is an extinct genus of fern-like plants, possibly seed ferns.[2] Species belonging to the genus lived during the Permian[3] in North America,[3] east Asia,[4] and Madagascar.[5] The leaves were adapted to minimize water loss, and the genus is thought to have grown as small trees (up to 4 meters (13 ft) in height) in a mudflat environment subject to frequent drought.[6]
| Supaia Temporal range: Permian
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| Supaia sturdevanti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Order: | †Peltaspermales (?) |
| Genus: | †Supaia C.D.White |
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References
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- ^ Andrews, H. N. (1970). "Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820-1965". Geological Survey Bulletin. 1300: 1–354. doi:10.3133/b1300.
- ^ DiMichele, William A.; Chaney, Dan S.; Nelson, W. John; Lucas, Spencer G.; Looy, Cindy V.; Quick, Karen; Jun, Wang (July 2007). "A low diversity, seasonal tropical landscape dominated by conifers and peltasperms: Early Permian Abo Formation, New Mexico". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 145 (3–4): 249–273. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.11.003.
- ^ a b Lucas, Spencer G.; Krainer, Karl; Chaney, Dan S.; DiMichele, William A.; Voigt, Sebastian; Berman, David S.; Henrici, Amy C. (2013). "The Lower Permian Abo Formation in Central New Mexico". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 59: 161–180. hdl:10088/20977.
- ^ Heilongjiang Stratigraphic Group. 1979. The Stratigraphic Tables of Heilongjiang. Geology Press 1-300
- ^ Besairie, H.; Collignon, M. (1972). "Geologie de Madagascar I. Les Terrains Sedimentaires". Annales Géologiques de Madagascar. 35: 1–463.
- ^ DiMichele, William A.; Lucas, Spencer G.; Krainer, Karl (July 2012). "Vertebrate trackways among a stand of Supaia White plants on an early Permian floodplain, New Mexico". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (4): 584–594. doi:10.1666/11-137R.1. S2CID 43781256.
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