| Protosphagnum nervatum Temporal range: Permian |
|
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Sphagnopsida |
| Subclass: | Sphagnidae |
| Order: | Protosphagnales † |
| Family: | Protosphagnaceae † |
| Genus: | Protosphagnum † Nejburg, 1960 |
| Species: | P. nervatum † |
| Binomial name | |
| Protosphagnum nervatum Nejburg, 1960 [1] |
|
Protospagnum nervatum is the only known species of order Protosphagnales. In many ways, it resembles the living moss genus Sphagnum, though its leaf cells are not as strongly dimorphic as in Sphagnum.[2]