Biology:Sporogonites
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Short description: Extinct genus of Devonian plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Bryophyta/? |
| Genus: | †Sporogonites Halle, 1916 |
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Capsule of Sporogonites excellens Frenguelli 1951[1]
Sporogonites was a genus of Lower Devonian[2] land plant with branching axes.[3] It is known from Europe, Australia and Newfoundland.[4][5] It resembles a moss in that many straight axes, which grew to about five centimetres in height and possess terminal sporangia, grow from a planar basal surface.[2] Its spores were trilete and around 30 µm across.[2]
References
- ↑ Frenguelli, J.. "Floras devónicas de la Precordillera de San Juan". Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 6 (2): 83–94.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Taylor, Thomas N; Taylor, Edith L; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants. ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=_29tNNeQKeMC&pg=PA165.
- ↑ Boyce, C.K. (2008). "How green was Cooksonia? The importance of size in understanding the early evolution of physiology in the vascular plant lineage". Paleobiology 34 (2): 179–194. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0179:HGWCTI2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0094-8373.
- ↑ Lacey, W. S. (1969). "Fossil Bryophytes". Biological Reviews 44 (2): 189–205. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1969.tb00825.x.
- ↑ "Sporogonites". GBIF Portal. http://data.gbif.org/species/16321405.
Wikidata ☰ Q7579258 entry
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