Gosferia

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Gosferia
Temporal range: Early Devonian
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Plesion: Zosterophylls
Genus: Gosferia
P.Gerrienne
Species:
G. curvata
Binomial name
Gosferia curvata
P.Gerrienne
Synonyms
  • Forgesia Gerrienne, 1991 [1]

Gosferia was a genus of zosterophylls with curved axes and renal sporangia. [2] It is known from Belgium. [2]

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References

  1. Gerrienne, P. (1999). "Gosferia, a New Name for Forgesia (Fossil Plants)". Taxon. 48 (1): 61. doi:10.2307/1224624. JSTOR   1224624.
  2. 1 2 Gensel, Patricia G.; Berry, Christopher M. (2001). "Early Lycophyte Evolution". American Fern Journal. 91 (3): 74–98. doi:10.1640/0002-8444(2001)091[0074:ELE]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0002-8444.