Sporogonites

Sporogonites was a genus of Lower Devonian[2] land plant with branching axes.[3] It is known from Europe, Australia and Newfoundland.[4][5] It resembles a moss in that many straight axes, which grew to about five centimetres in height and possess terminal sporangia, grow from a planar basal surface.[2] Its spores were trilete and around 30 µm across.[2]

Sporogonites
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Setaphyta
Division: Bryophyta (?)
Genus: †Sporogonites
Halle, 1916
Species
  • S. exuberans Halle, 1916
    • (incomplete list)
Capsule of Sporogonites excellens Frenguelli 1951[1]

References
  1. Frenguelli, J. "Floras devónicas de la Precordillera de San Juan". Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina. 6 (2): 83–94.
  2. Taylor, Thomas N; Taylor, Edith L; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants. ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8.
  3. 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.
  4. Lacey, W. S. (1969). "Fossil Bryophytes". Biological Reviews. 44 (2): 189–205. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1969.tb00825.x. S2CID 221530283.
  5. "Sporogonites". GBIF Portal. Retrieved 17 July 2011.


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