| Sporathylacium Temporal range: Early Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Stem group: | †Rhyniophytes (?) |
| Genus: | †Sporathylacium |
| Species: | †S. salopense |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sporathylacium salopense Edwards et al., 2001 | |
Sporathylacium was a genus of land plant known from its bivalved sporangia. It is known from charcoalified Early Devonian deposits, its type locality being the Brown Clee Hill lagerstätten. It was listed as a rhyniophyte by Hao and Xue in 2013.
References
- Edwards, D.; Axe, L.; Mendez, E. (2001). "A new genus for isolated bivalved sporangia with thickened margins from the Lower Devonian of the Welsh Borderland". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 137 (3): 297–310. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2001.tb01125.x.
- Glasspool, I.; Edwards, D.; Axe, L. (2006). "Charcoal in the Early Devonian: A wildfire-derived Konservat–Lagerstätte". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 142 (3–4): 131–136. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.03.021.
- Hao, Shougang & Xue, Jinzhuang (2013). The early Devonian Posongchong flora of Yunnan: a contribution to an understanding of the evolution and early diversification of vascular plants. Beijing: Science Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-7-03-036616-0. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
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