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

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

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: 179. 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: 89. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(95)00121-2.