Baragwanathia Temporal range:
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B. longifolia fossil, National Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Lycophytes |
Order: | †Drepanophycales |
Family: | †Drepanophycaceae |
Genus: | †Baragwanathia W.H.Lang & Cookson, 1935 |
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Baragwanathia is a genus of extinct lycopsid plants of Late Silurian to Early Devonian age (427 to 393 million years ago), fossils of which have been found in Australia, Canada, China and Czechia. The name derives from William Baragwanath who discovered the first specimens of the type species, Baragwanathia longifolia, at Thomson River (Victoria, Australia).[2]