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| C. primaevum | Kräusel & Weyland |
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| C. renieri | Leclercq 1940 |
| C. renieri | Leclercq 1940 |
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| C. bicephalum | Leclercq & Andrews |
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| C. forbesii | Schopf |
| C. forbesii | Schopf |
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Revision as of 02:00, 18 March 2024
Calamophyton Temporal range: Middle Devonian
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Pteridophyta (?) |
Class: | †Cladoxylopsida |
Order: | †Pseudosporochnales |
Family: | †Hyeniaceae |
Genus: | †Calamophyton R.Kräusel & H.Weyland, 1925 |
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Calamophyton is an extinct genus of tree, or "tree-sized plant",[1] that was extant in the Middle Devonian period. Calamophyton trees formed the earliest known forests.[2]
References
- ^ Giesen, Peter; Berry, Christopher M. "Reconstruction and Growth of the Early Tree Calamophyton (Pseudosporochnales, Cladoxylopsida) Based on Exceptionally Complete Specimens from Lindlar, Germany (Mid-Devonian): Organic Connection of Calamophyton Branches and Duisbergia Trunks". The University of Chicago Press Journals. University of Chicago. doi:10.1086/669913. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Devlin, Hannah (7 March 2024). "World's oldest fossilised trees discovered along Devon and Somerset coast". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 17 March 2024.