Supaia

Supaia Temporal range: Permian ~Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Supaia sturdevanti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Order:	†Peltaspermales (?)
Genus:	†Supaia C.D.White
Species[1]
Supaia sturdevanti C.D.White Supaia thinnfeldioides C.D.White

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]

References

1. Andrews, H. N. (1970). "Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820-1965". Geological Survey Bulletin. 1300: 1–354. doi:10.3133/b1300.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Heilongjiang Stratigraphic Group. 1979. The Stratigraphic Tables of Heilongjiang. Geology Press 1-300
5. Besairie, H.; Collignon, M. (1972). "Geologie de Madagascar I. Les Terrains Sedimentaires". Annales Géologiques de Madagascar. 35: 1–463.
6. 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.