Samaropsis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of conifers}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|359.2|199}} | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Samaropsis | authority = Goeppert, 1864 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''S. dolianitii'' * ''S. gigas'' * ''S. indica'' * ''S. intermedia'' * ''S. itapevensis'' * ''S. kurtzii'' * ''S. leslii'' * ''S. mendesii'' * ''S. millaniana'' * ''S. milleri'' * ''S. puerca'' * ''S. rigbyi'' * ''S. seixasi'' * ''S. shenii'' }}

'''''Samaropsis''''' is a form genus named by Goeppert in 1864. Later Sewart (1917) redefined the taxon to refer only to the seeds.<ref>[http://www.sbpbrasil.org/revista/edicoes/10_2/souza&iannuzzi.pdf SEMENTES DO GÊNERO SAMAROPSIS GOEPPERT]</ref>

==Location== In Brazil, the fossil species ''S. gigas'', ''S. kurtzii'', ''S. millaniana'', ''S. rigbyi'' and ''S. seixasi'', have been recovered from the city of Mariana Pimentel, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The fossils are found in the ''Morro Papaléo'' outcrop, Rio Bonito Formation and date from the Sakmarian stage in the Permian. Located in the geopark Paleorrota.

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Category:Prehistoric gymnosperm genera Category:Conifer genera Category:Cordaitales Category:Paleozoic life of New Brunswick Category:Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia Category:Paleozoic life of Nunavut