Sporogonites
| Sporogonites Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Setaphyta |
| Division: | Bryophyta (?) |
| Genus: | † Halle, 1916 |
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Sporogonites was a genus of Lower Devonian[2] land plant with branching axes.[3] It is known from Europe, Australia and Newfoundland.[4][5] It resembles a moss in that many straight axes, which grew to about five centimetres in height and possess terminal sporangia, grow from a planar basal surface.[2] Its spores were trilete and around 30 μm across.[2]
References
- ^ Frenguelli, J. "Floras devónicas de la Precordillera de San Juan". Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina. 6 (2): 83–94.
- ^ a b c Taylor, Thomas N; Taylor, Edith L; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants. ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8.
- ^ Boyce, C.K. (2008). "How green was Cooksonia? The importance of size in understanding the early evolution of physiology in the vascular plant lineage". Paleobiology. 34 (2): 179–194. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0179:HGWCTI]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373.
- ^ Lacey, W. S. (1969). "Fossil Bryophytes". Biological Reviews. 44 (2): 189–205. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1969.tb00825.x. S2CID 221530283.
- ^ "Sporogonites". GBIF Portal. Retrieved 17 July 2011.