Biology:Metzgeriothallus
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Short description: Extinct genus of liverworts
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Metzgeriales |
| Genus: | †Metzgeriothallus Walton, 1928 |
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Metzgeriothallus sharonae is the oldest known liverwort fossil, dating to the Middle Devonian.[1] It is a simple, thalloid organism. M. metzgerioides is known from more fragmentary material dating to the Carboniferous of Scotland.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hernick, L.; Landing, E.; Bartowski, K. (2008). "Earth's oldest liverworts—Metzgeriothallus sharonae sp. nov. from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) of eastern New York, USA". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 148 (2–4): 154–162. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2007.09.002.
Wikidata ☰ Q6825566 entry
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