Bathurstia

Bathurstia
Temporal range: Pragian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Tracheophyta
Subdivision: Lycophytina
Class: †Zosterophyllopsida
Genus: †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]

References

  1. ^ 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: 179. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0179:HGWCTI]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373.  edit
  2. ^ Kotyk, M. E.; Basinger, J. F. (2000). "The Early Devonian (Pragian) zosterophyll Bathurstia denticulata Hueber". Canadian Journal of Botany 78: 193. doi:10.1139/cjb-78-2-193.  edit