Stachyophyton

Stachyophyton
Temporal range: Pragian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Embryophyta
(unranked): Polysporangiophyta
Division: Tracheophyta
Genus: Stachyophyton
B.-Y. Geng[1]
Species
  • S. yunnanense B.-Y. Geng[1]

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

  1. 1 2 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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