Kankakeea

Genus Kankakeea Pfefferk. Paläontol. Z., 47(3–4): 146. Nov 1973

Name: Kankakeea
Rank: Genus
Authors (Pub.): Pfefferkorn H. W.
Publication: Kankakeea gen. nov., buds for vegetative reproduction in Carboniferous ferns [1973/11]
Journal: Paläontologische Zeitschrift
Volume: 47
Issue: 3–4
Page number: 146
Year: 1973
Parent Taxon: [Phylum] Pteridophyta
Fossil Status: buds
Type: Kankakeea grundyi
Diagnosis: Thalloid lobed tip of a pinna rachis, often with equal or unequal dichotomies. Attached to fern-like foliage. Normally shed as entire unit. Probably bud for vegetative propagation

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Kankakeea grundyi

Kankakeea thalliformis

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