Biology:Eohostimella
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Short description: Extinct plant of the Early Silurian age
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Stem group: | †Rhyniophytes (?) |
| Genus: | †Eohostimella J.M.Schopf (1966)[1] |
| Species: | †E. heathana
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| Binomial name | |
| †Eohostimella heathana J.M.Schopf (1966)[1]
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Eohostimella heathana is an early, probably terrestrial, "plant" known from compression fossils[2] of Early Silurian age (Llandovery, around 440 to 430 million years ago[3]). The chemistry of its fossils is similar to that of fossilised vascular plants, rather than algae.[2] Its anatomy constitutes upright, cylindrical tubes,[2] with a thickened outer cortex,[4] which might have contained traces of lignin or a similar compound,[2] even though no tracheids or similar vessels have been found;[4] the lignin-like compound was presumably associated with its thick outer cortex.[5] It branched dichotomously and might have borne small spines.[6] It was probably affiliated with the rhyniophytes.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schopf, J.M.; Mencher, E.; Boucot, A.J.; Andrews, H.N. (1966). "Erect plants in the early Silurian of Maine". in Pecora, W.T.. Geological Survey Research 1966 : Chapter D. Geological Survey Professional Paper 550-D. Washington: US Government Printing Office. pp. D69–D75. OCLC 429539130. https://books.google.com/books?id=Fk7wAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Niklas, Karl J. (1976). "Chemical Examinations of Some Non-Vascular Paleozoic Plants". Brittonia (New York Botanical Garden Press) 28 (1): 113–137. doi:10.2307/2805564.
- ↑ Edwards, D.; Wellman, C. (2001), "Embryophytes on Land: The Ordovician to Lochkovian (Lower Devonian) Record", in Gensel, P.; Edwards, D., Plants Invade the Land : Evolutionary and Environmental Perspectives, New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 3–28, ISBN 978-0-231-11161-4, p. 4
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Niklas, Karl J. (1979). "An Assessment of Chemical Features for the Classification of Plant Fossils". Taxon (International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)) 28 (5/6): 505–516. doi:10.2307/1219787.
- ↑ Niklas, Karl J.; Gensel, Patricia G (1976). "Chemotaxonomy of Some Paleozoic Vascular Plants. Part I: Chemical Compositions and Preliminary Cluster Analyses". Brittonia (New York Botanical Garden Press) 28 (3): 353. doi:10.2307/2805800.
- ↑ Taylor, Thomas N. (1982). "The origin of land plants — a paleobotanical perspective". Taxon (International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)) 31 (2): 155–177. doi:10.2307/1219982. http://paleobotany.bio.ku.edu/taylorPDFs%5C%5B1982%5D%20Taylor-The%20origin%20of%20land%20plants-A%20paleobotanical%20perspective.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q5381701 entry
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