Tarrantia
| Tarrantia salopensis Temporal range: Early Devonian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | incertae sedis |
| Form taxon: | †Cooksonioidea |
| Genus: | †Tarrantia |
| Species: | † T. salopensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tarrantia salopensis Fanning et al 1992[1] | |
Tarrantia is a form genus of small fossil plants of Early Devonian age. The diagnostic characters are naked parallel-sided axes branching isotomously, terminating in solitary elliptical to ovate sporangia with height greater than width.[1] The relationships of the genus are not clear because many anatomical details remain unknown.
The only known species is from Wales.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fanning, U., Edwards D., Richardson, J.B. (1992). "A diverse assemblage of early land plants from the Lower Devonian of the Welsh Borderland". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 109: 161–188. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1992.tb00264.x.