Stachyophyton

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Stachyophyton
Temporal range: Pragian
S. yunnanense, Geological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Genus: Stachyophyton
B.-Y. Geng[1]
Species
  • S. yunnanense B.-Y. Geng[1]

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).

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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