Biology:Metzgeriothallus

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Short description: Extinct genus of liverworts

Metzgeriothallus
Temporal range: Givetian–Lower Mississippian
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Genus: †Metzgeriothallus
Walton, 1928
Species
  • M. metzgerioides Walton, 1928 (type)
  • VanAller Hernick et al., 2008 M. sharonae

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. ↑ 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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