Bathurstia
Bathurstia was a genus of scrambling Silu-Devonian land plant with isotomously-branching axes that grew to heights of 30 cm.[1] It is aligned with the Zosterophylls, and produced Calamospora-type spores.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Lycophytes |
Plesion: | †Zosterophylls |
Genus: | †Bathurstia |
References
- 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 (2): 179–194. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0179:HGWCTI]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373.
- Kotyk, M. E.; Basinger, J. F. (2000). "The Early Devonian (Pragian) zosterophyll Bathurstia denticulata Hueber". Canadian Journal of Botany. 78 (2): 193–207. doi:10.1139/cjb-78-2-193.
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