Stachyophyton
Appearance
Stachyophyton Temporal range:
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S. yunnanense, Geological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Genus: | †Stachyophyton B.-Y. Geng[1] |
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Stachyophyton is a genus of extinct vascular plants known from fossils found in the Posongchong Formation, Wenshan district, Yunnan, China, in deposits of Early Devonian age (Pragian, around 410 million years ago).
References
- ^ a b Geng, B.-Y. (1983), "Stachyophyton gen. nov. discovers [sic] from Lower Devonian of Yunnan and its significance", Acta Bot. Sin. (in Chinese and English), 11: 574–579