Odonax

Odonax was a genus of Early Devonian (Early Emsian) zosterophyll with branching axes.[1] It bore kidney-shaped sporangia and spiny branches.[2]

Odonax
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Plesion: †Zosterophylls
Genus: †Odonax
P.Gerrienne, 1996
Species:
†O. borealis
Binomial name
†Odonax borealis
P.Gerrienne, 1966

References
  1. 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.
  2. Gerrienne, P (1996). "Lower Devonian plant remains from Marchin (northern margin of Dinant Synclinorium, Belgium). IV. Odonax borealis gen. et sp. nov". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 93 (1–4): 89–106. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(95)00121-2.


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