Anisophyton was a genus of Early Devonian land plant with branching axes.[2] Known fossils are of Emsian age (408 to 393 million years ago).[1]
Anisophyton Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Lycophytes |
Plesion: | †Zosterophylls |
Genus: | †Anisophyton |
A cladogram published in 2004 by Crane et al. places Anisophyton in the core of a paraphyletic stem group of broadly defined "zosterophylls", basal to the lycopsids (living and extinct clubmosses and relatives).[3]
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References
edit- ^ a b Remy, W.; Hass, H. & Schultka, S. (1986). "Anisophyton potoniei nov. spec. aus den Kühlbacher Schichten (Emsian) vom Steinbruch Ufersmühle, Wiehltalsperre". Argumenta Palaeobotanica. 7: 123–138.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Crane, P.R.; Herendeen, P.; Friis, E.M. (2004). "Fossils and plant phylogeny". American Journal of Botany. 91 (10): 1683–99. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.10.1683. PMID 21652317.
External links
edit- Cladogram Archived 2012-12-04 at archive.today from Crane, Herendeen & Friis 2004