Glossopteris is the largest and best-known genus of the extinct Permian order of seed plants known as Glossopteridales. The genus Glossopteris refers only to leaves, within a framework of form genera used in paleobotany.
Species of Glossopteris were the dominant trees of the middle to high-latitude lowland vegetation across the supercontinent Gondwana during the Permian Period. Glossopteris fossils were critical in recognizing former connections between the various fragments of Gondwana: South America, Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica.
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- Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England
- Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Pty Ltd (House of Questa)
- Process: Lithography
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- Perf: 14 x 13.5 (comb)
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