Calamophyton

Calamophyton
Temporal range: Middle Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pteridophyta (?)
Class: †Cladoxylopsida
Order: †Pseudosporochnales
Family: †Hyeniaceae
Genus: †Calamophyton
R.Kräusel & H.Weyland, 1925
Species
  • C. primaevum (Kräusel & Weyland)
  • C. renieri (Leclercq)
  • C. bicephalum (Leclercq & Andrews)
  • C. forbesii (Schopf)

Calamophyton is an extinct genus of tree, or "tree-sized plant",[1] that was extant in the Middle Devonian period. As of 2024, a well-preserved fossilized forest of Calamophyton trees discovered in Somerset, England, represents the earliest-known forest.[2]

  1. ^ Geisen, Peter; Berry, Christopher M. (May 2013). "Reconstruction and Growth of the Early Tree Calamophyton (Pseudosporochnales, Cladoxylopsida) Based on Exceptionally Complete Specimens from Lindlar, Germany (Mid-Devonian): Organic Connection of Calamophyton Branches and Duisbergia Trunks". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 174 (4): 665–686. doi:10.1086/669913. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  2. ^ Devlin, Hannah (7 March 2024). "World's oldest fossilised trees discovered along Devon and Somerset coast". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 17 March 2024.