Eophyllophyton
| Eophyllophyton Temporal range:
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| Fossil specimen of E. bellum, Geological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Euphyllophytes |
| Genus: | †Eophyllophyton Hao & Beck 1993 |
| Species: | †E. bellum
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| †Eophyllophyton bellum Hao & Beck 1993
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Eophyllophyton bellum is the oldest known plant bearing megaphyllous leaves.[1][2] In 2013, Hao (one of the original taxon authors) and Xue placed the genus in a new class Eophyllophytopsida, considered to be an isolated lineage in the euphyllophytes.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Hao, S.; Beck, C.B. & Deming, W. (2003), "Structure of the Earliest Leaves: Adaptations to High Concentrations of Atmospheric CO2", International Journal of Plant Sciences, 164 (1): 71–75, doi:10.1086/344557, S2CID 84741832
- ^ Crane, P.R.; Herendeen, P. & Friis, E.M. (2004), "Fossils and plant phylogeny", American Journal of Botany, 91 (10): 1683–99, doi:10.3732/ajb.91.10.1683, PMID 21652317
- ^ 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, pp. 57, 246, ISBN 978-7-03-036616-0, retrieved 2019-10-25
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