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Eorhynia

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Extinct genus of Silurian plants

Eorhynia
Temporal range: Late Silurian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Stem group: Rhyniophytes
Genus: Eorhynia
T.A. Ishchenko (1975)
Species
  • E. primigena T.A. Ishchenko (1975)

Eorhynia is a genus of extinct plants of the Late Silurian (Přídolí, around 430 to 420 million years ago) which somewhat resemble Rhynia. Fossils were found in Podolia in modern Ukraine.

References

  1. ^ Ishchenko, T.A. (1975), Pozdnesiluriĭskaia flora Podolii (The Late Silurian flora of Podolia) (in Russian), Kiev: Naukova Dumka, OCLC 13126782, cited in Edwards, D. & Rogerson, E.C.W. (1979), "New Records of Fertile Rhyniophytina from the Late Silurian of Wales" (PDF), Geological Magazine, 116 (2): 93–98, Bibcode:1979GeoM..116...93E, doi:10.1017/S0016756800042503
  2. Cai, C.-Y.; Dou, Y.-W. & Edwards, D. (1993), "New Observations on a Pridoli Plant Assemblage from North Xinjiang, Northwest China, with Comments on Its Evolutionary and Palaeogeographical Significance" (PDF), Geological Magazine, 130 (2): 155–170, Bibcode:1993GeoM..130..155C, doi:10.1017/S0016756800009821
Taxon identifiers
Eorhynia


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