Iridopteridales

Iridopteridales is an order of the extinct cladoxylopsids. It contains the genus Ibyka which is a possible ancestor of the horsetails.[2]

Iridopteridales
Temporal range: Middle Devonian to Upper Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta (?)
Class: †Cladoxylopsida
Order: †Iridopteridales
Genera

†Arachnoxylon
†Compsocradus
†Iridopteris
†Metacladophyton
†Ibyka
†Serripteris
†Asteropteris
†Anapaulia
†Keraphyton[1]
†Rotoxylon

References
  1. Champreux A, Meyer-Berthaud B, Decombeix A. 2020. Keraphyton gen. nov., a new Late Devonian fern-like plant from Australia. PeerJ 8:e9321 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9321
  2. Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor, Michael Krings: Paleobotany. The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants . Second Edition, Academic Press 2009, ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8 , p. 398-400.
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