Eophyllophyton

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Eophyllophyton
Temporal range: Early Devonian
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Fossil specimen of E. bellum, Geological Museum of China
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Euphyllophytes
Genus:† Eophyllophyton
Hao & Beck 1993
Species:
†E. bellum
Binomial name
†Eophyllophyton bellum
Hao & Beck 1993

Eophyllophyton bellum is the oldest known plant bearing megaphyllous leaves. [1] [2] In 2013, Hao (one of the original taxon authors) and Xue placed the genus in a new class Eophyllophytopsida, considered to be an isolated lineage in the euphyllophytes. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Hao, S.; Beck, C.B. & Deming, W. (2003), "Structure of the Earliest Leaves: Adaptations to High Concentrations of Atmospheric CO2", International Journal of Plant Sciences, 164 (1): 71–75, Bibcode:2003IJPlS.164...71S, doi:10.1086/344557, S2CID   84741832
  2. ↑ Crane, P.R.; Herendeen, P. & Friis, E.M. (2004), "Fossils and plant phylogeny", American Journal of Botany, 91 (10): 1683–99, Bibcode:2004AmJB...91.1683C, doi: 10.3732/ajb.91.10.1683 , PMID   21652317
  3. ↑ 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, pp. 57, 246, ISBN   978-7-03-036616-0 , retrieved 2019-10-25


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