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Komlopteris is an extinct genus of "seed fern" with possible corystosperm affinities. Fossils have been found across both hemispheres, dating from the latest Triassic to the early Eocene (Ypresian), making it the youngest "seed fern" in the fossil record.
Gondwanan Komlopteris species are often associated with fern-dominated, humid temperate, forested habitats. The finding of numerous leaves of Komlopteris in single leaf mat layers suggests that at least some species were deciduous. A 1998 study suggested that the type species Komlopteris nordenskioeldii likely grew as a tree, based on the presence of distinct sun and shade leaves, as is found in living angiosperm trees.
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