Barinophyton
| Barinophyton | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Tracheophyta |
| Subdivision: | Lycophytina |
| Class: | †Zosterophyllopsida |
| Genus: | †Barinophyton White (1905)[1] emend. Brauer (1980)[2] |
Barinophyton was a genus of Silu-Devonian land plant with branching axes.
A cladogram published in 2004 by Crane et al. places Barinophyton in the core of a paraphyletic stem group of broadly defined "zosterophylls", basal to the lycopsids (living and extinct clubmosses and relatives).[3]
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References
- ↑ White, D. (1905), "Paleontology", in Smith, G.O. & White, D. (eds), The Geology of the Perry Basin of South-eastern Maine, U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Pap. 35: 35–84, cited in Brauer 1981
- ↑ Brauer, D.F. (1980), "Barinophyton citrulliforme (Barinophytales Incertae Sedis, Barinophytaceae) from the Upper Devonian of Pennsylvania", Am. J. Bot. 67: 1186–1206, cited in Brauer, David F. (1981), "Heterosporous, barinophytacean plants from the upper devonian of North America and a discussion of the possible affinities of the barinophytaceae", Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 33 (2-4): 347–362, doi:10.1016/0034-6667(81)90092-0
- ↑ Crane, P.R.; Herendeen, P.; Friis, E.M. (2004). "Fossils and plant phylogeny". American Journal of Botany 91 (10): 1683–99. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.10.1683. PMID 21652317. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
