Rhynia
extinct species of plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rhynia is a genus of Early Devonian fossil land plants. Only one species is known, R. gwynne-vaughanii. The fossils are the sporophyte generation[2] of a vascular plant. Rhynia had anatomical features more advanced than those of the bryophytes.
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Reconstruction of Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii, redrawn after Kenrick & Crane (1997:101)[1] | |
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Subdivision: | †Rhyniophytina |
Class: | †Rhyniopsida |
Order: | †Rhyniales |
Family: | †Rhyniaceae |
Genus: | †Rhynia Kidst. & W.H.Lang (1917) |
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