Foozia

Foozia
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pteridophyta (?)
Class: †Cladoxylopsida
Genus: †
P.Gerrienne
Species:
†F. minuta
Binomial name
†Foozia minuta
P.Gerrienne

Foozia was a genus of vascular Emsian (Lower Devonian) land plant with a main axis and a number of branches that sub-divide at most once.[1] Some of these bear oval to semicircular sporangia containing Dibolisporites echinaceus, whereas the sterile branches may represent an early foray into leaf-formation.[1] The only known fossils herald from Belgium.[1] It is currently unclassified.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Gerrienne, P (1992). "The Emsian plants from Fooz-Wépion (Belgium). III. Foozia minuta gen. Et spec. Nov., a new taxon with probable cladoxylalean affinities". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 74 (1–2): 139–157. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(92)90142-4.
  2. ^ "Bois Collet Quarry-2 (Devonian of Belgium)". paleodb.org. Paleobiology Database. Retrieved August 7, 2011.


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