Wielandiella

Wielandiella is an extinct genus of bennettitalean shrub known from the Late Triassic (Rhaetian) of Europe and Greenland, and the Middle Jurassic of China.

The ovulate cone is spherical to ovoid, with a central elongate pear-shaped receptacle, which bears interseminal scales and interspersed ovuliferous structures.

In 1909, he created the genus Wielania to accommodate the plant, with the name being in honour of George Reber Wieland, who had done important work on Bennettitales.

[1] The type species Wielandiella angusifolia is known from the latest Triassic (Rhaetian) of Greenland (Jameson Land), Sweden (Höör Sandstone) and southern Germany.

Leaves of the same morphology as the species have also been reported from equivalently aged strata in the Donetsk Basin in Ukraine, Iran, and China.

Illustration from 1916 showing divaricate branching pattern