Tarrantia
Appearance
Tarrantia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Stem group: | †Rhyniophytes (?) |
Genus: | †Tarrantia |
Species: | †T. salopensis
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Binomial name | |
†Tarrantia salopensis Fanning et al 1992[1]
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Tarrantia is a form genus of small fossil plants of Early Devonian age. The diagnostic characters are naked parallel-sided axes branching isotomously, terminating in solitary elliptical to ovate sporangia with height greater than width.[1] The relationships of the genus are not clear because many anatomical details remain unknown.
The only known species is from Wales.
References
- ^ a b Fanning, U., Edwards D., Richardson, J.B. (1992). "A diverse assemblage of early land plants from the Lower Devonian of the Welsh Borderland". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 109: 161–188. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1992.tb00264.x.
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