Stachyophyton

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).

Stachyophyton
Temporal range: Pragian
S. yunnanense, Geological Museum of China
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Genus: Stachyophyton
B.-Y. Geng[1]
Species
  • S. yunnanense B.-Y. Geng[1]

References

  1. 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


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