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Eophyllophyton
| Description | Eophyllophyton bellum is the oldest known plant bearing megaphyllous leaves. 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. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eophyllophyton, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Trimerophytaceae : Eophyllophyton | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Eophyllophyton | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Eophyllophyton S.-G.Hao, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Acta Botanica Sinica 30: -. [441-448] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 411 - 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Kenrick and P.R. Crane. 1997. The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: a Cladistic Study | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eophyllophyton |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Eophyllophyton bellum species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1997 | Eophyllophyton Kenrick and Crane |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
