Biology:Resilitheca

From HandWiki
Short description: Extinct genus of Devonian plants

Resilitheca
Temporal range: Early Devonian
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Stem group: Rhyniophytes (?)
Genus: Resilitheca
D.Edwards et al., 1995
Species:
R. salopensis
Binomial name
Resilitheca salopensis
D.Edwards et al., 1995

Resilitheca is a genus of land plant known from kidney-shaped sporangia.[1] It is known from charcoalified Early Devonian deposits, its type locality being the Brown Clee Hill lagerstätten.[2] It was listed as a rhyniophyte by Hao and Xue in 2013.[3]

References

  1. Edwards, D.; Fanning, U.; Davies, K. L.; Axe, L.; Richardson, J. B. (2008). "Exceptional preservation in Lower Devonian coalified fossils from the Welsh Borderland: a new genus based on reniform sporangia lacking thickened borders". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 117 (3): 233–254. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1995.tb00454.x. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269875285. Retrieved 2019-10-25. 

Wikidata ☰ {{{from}}} entry