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Calamophyton
Extinct genus of tree / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calamophyton is an extinct genus of tree, or "tree-sized plant",[1] that was extant in the Middle Devonian period. As of 2024, a well-preserved fossilized forest of Calamophyton trees discovered in Somerset, England, represents the earliest-known forest.[2]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Pteridophyta (?) |
Class: | †Cladoxylopsida |
Order: | †Pseudosporochnales |
Family: | †Hyeniaceae |
Genus: | †Calamophyton R.Kräusel & H.Weyland, 1925 |
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