''Noeggerathia'' is an

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genus of noeggerathialean plant that lived during the Late Carboniferous and

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Description

''Noeggerathia'' could grow to be 3 ft, 3 in tall. It is known for its compound leaves, each possessing two rows of leaflets which composed a 12-inch frond. ''Noeggerathia'' may also have possessed a short trunk. The genus may have possessed strobili at the ends of its branches for reproductive purposes. Biseriate sporophylls existed on either side of the cones. It has been previously suggested that ''Noeggerathiostrobus'' may have been borne at the end of ''Noeggerathias stems, although it is more likely that ''Noeggerathiostrobus'' was borne closer to the base of ''Noeggerathia''.

Taxonomy

''Noeggerathia'' was named after

Johann Jakob Nöggerath Johann Jakob Nöggerath (also as Johann Jacob Noeggerath) (10 October 1788 – 13 September 1877), German mineralogist and geologist, was born at Bonn. In 1814-1815 he became a commissioner of mines for some of the Rhine provinces, and in 181 ...

, a geologist from Germany. The genus was described in 1820 by Kaspar Maria von Sternberg. ''Noeggerathia'' and noeggerathialeans in general have been described as difficult to classify as early as 1906 and as recently as 2009. In 1906, the genus was believed to belong to Cycadaceae, a family which currently consists only of '' Cycas''. The species described under ''Noeggerathia'' include the following: *''

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Noeggerathia intermedia ''Noeggerathia'' is an extinct genus of noeggerathialean plant that lived during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian periods. Description ''Noeggerathia'' could grow to be 3 ft, 3 in tall. It is known for its compound leaves, each po ...

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'' Carruth. *'' Noeggerathia speciosa'' Ettingsh. *'' Noeggerathia zalesskyi'' Fissunenko *''

Noeggerathia zamitoides ''Noeggerathia'' is an extinct genus of noeggerathialean plant that lived during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian periods. Description ''Noeggerathia'' could grow to be 3 ft, 3 in tall. It is known for its compound leaves, each po ...

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Fossil sites

Specimens of ''Noeggerathia'' have been discovered worldwide. As of 1906, ''Noeggerathia'' was known from finds in the European

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, and there it was considered to be rare. Several well-preserved specimens of ''Noeggerathia'' and related plants have been discovered in the Bohemian Massif, with ''N. foliosa'' having the most complete fossil record in that area. ''N. dickeri'' has been described from the Upper Sandstone Formation of the Sinai Peninsula.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7046790 Pennsylvanian plants Fossil taxa described in 1820 Pennsylvanian first appearances Cisuralian genus extinctions Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia Paleozoic life of Prince Edward Island