Sporathylacium
Sporathylacium Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Stem group: | †Rhyniophytes (?) |
Genus: | †Sporathylacium |
Species: | †S. salopense |
Binomial name | |
†Sporathylacium salopense Edwards et al., 2001 |
Sporathylacium was a genus of land plant known from its bivalved sporangia.[1] It is known from charcoalified Early Devonian deposits, its type locality being the Brown Clee Hill lagerstätten.[2] It was listed as a rhyniophyte by Hao and Xue in 2013.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Edwards, D.; Axe, L.; Mendez, E. (2001). "A new genus for isolated bivalved sporangia with thickened margins from the Lower Devonian of the Welsh Borderland". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 137 (3): 297–310. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2001.tb01125.x.
- ^ Glasspool, I.; Edwards, D.; Axe, L. (2006). "Charcoal in the Early Devonian: A wildfire-derived Konservat–Lagerstätte". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 142 (3–4): 131–136. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.03.021.
- ^ Hao, Shougang & Xue, Jinzhuang (2013). The early Devonian Posongchong flora of Yunnan: a contribution to an understanding of the evolution and early diversification of vascular plants. Beijing: Science Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-7-03-036616-0. Retrieved 2019-10-25.