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		Cheirocladaceae
		
				
		Family Cheirocladaceae Naug. Paleontol. J., 41(8): 824.  Nov 2007		
				
		
		
			- Name
 
- Cheirocladaceae
 
- Rank
 
- Family
 
- Authors (Pub.)
 
- 		Naugolnykh S. V.
			 
	
 
- Publication
 
- 	Foliar seed-bearing organs of Paleozoic ginkgophytes and the early evolution of the Ginkgoales [2007/11]
	
 
- Journal
 
- 	Paleontological Journal
	
 
- Volume
 
- 41
 
- Issue
 
- 8
 
- Page number
 
- 824
 
- Year
 
- 2007
 
- Parent Taxon
 
- 	[Phylum] Ginkgophyta
	
 
- Type
 
- 	[Genus] Cheirocladus
	
 
- Diagnosis
 
- Seed-bearing organs consist of planate
foliar systems (ovuliphores) having distal lobe-shaped
extensions. Seed scars corresponding to places
of seed attachment disposed on abaxial surface of
extensions in their apical parts. Leaves of morphological
types Sphenobaiera, Baiera, and Mauerites.