Tempskya
Tempskya is an extinct genus of tree fern that lived during the Cretaceous period. Fossils have been found across both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. The growth habit of Tempskaya was unlike that of any living fern or any other living plant, consisting of multiple conjoined dichotomous branching stems enmeshed within roots that formed a "false trunk".
| Tempskya Temporal range: Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
| Tempskya fossil slab and reconstruction on display | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Subclass: | Polypodiidae |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | †Tempskyaceae Read et Brown ex L.C.A. Martínez |
| Genus: | †Tempskya Corda 1845 |
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