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:
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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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References
edit- ^ 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