Aphyllopteris

Aphyllopteris is a poorly known genus of extinct Devonian land plants formerly placed in the Rhyniophytina.[1] It is considered an artificial group for sterile naked axes that branch pseudomonopodially.[2] Early Devonian records of this genus are found in Belgium, France, Norway, Poland, and Russia, and possibly Uzbekistan.[3] Putative Middle to Late Devonian records of this genus include A. delwarensis reported from Frasnian outcrops in New York[4] and Aphyllopteris sp. reported from the Givetian outcrops of the Beckers Butte Member of the Martin Formation in Arizona.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Kenrick, Paul; Crane, Peter R. (1997). The origin and early diversification of land plants: a cladistic study. Washingtond DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-1560987307.
  2. ↑ Gerrienne, Philippe (1993). ". Inventaire des végétaux éodévoniens de Belgique". Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique. 116: 105–117.
  3. ↑ Barrett, Jeffery A. (2016). Plant diversity in the Early Devonian: stratigraphic and geographic patterns (M.Sc. thesis). Humboldt State University.
  4. ↑ Stein, Bill. "Taxonomic occurrences of Aphyllopteris recorded in the Paleobiology Database". Fossilworks. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Teichert, Curt; Schopf, James M. (1958). "A Middle or Lower Devonian Psilophyte Flora from Central Arizona and its Paleogeographic Significance.". Journal of Geology. 66: 208–217. Bibcode:1958JG.....66..208T. doi:10.1086/626495.
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