Noeggerathia
Noeggerathia is an extinct genus of noeggerathialean plant that lived during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian periods. Description. "Noeggerathia" could grow to be 3 ft, 3 in tall. It is known for its compound leaves, each possessing two rows of leaflets which composed a 12-inch frond. "Noeggerathia" may also have possessed a short trunk. The genus may have possessed strobili at the ends of its branches for reproductive purposes. Biseriate sporophylls existed on either side of the cones. It has been previously suggested that "Noeggerathiostrobus" may have been borne at the end of "Noeggerathia"'s stems, although  it is more likely that "Noeggerathiostrobus" was borne closer to the base of "Noeggerathia". Taxonomy. "Noeggerathia" was named after Johann Jakob Nöggerath, a geologist from Germany. The genus was described in 1820 by Kaspar Maria von Sternberg. "Noeggerathia" and noeggerathialeans in general have been described as difficult to classify as early as 1906 and as recently as 2009. In 1906, the genus was believed to belong to Cycadaceae, a family which currently consists only of "Cycas". The species described under "Noeggerathia" include the following: Fossil sites. Specimens of "Noeggerathia" have been discovered worldwide. As of 1906, "Noeggerathia" was known from  finds in the European Coal Measures, and there it was considered to be rare. Several well-preserved specimens of "Noeggerathia" and related plants have been discovered in the Bohemian Massif, with "N. foliosa" having the most complete fossil record in that area. "N. dickeri" has been described from the Upper Sandstone Formation of the Sinai Peninsula.