Tetraxylopteris

Tetraxylopteris
Reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Progymnospermopsida
Order: Aneurophytales
Genus: Tetraxylopteris
C.B.Beck (1957)[1]
Species

T. schmidtii C.B.Beck (1957)[1]
T. reposana Hammond & Berry (2005)[2]

Tetraxylopteris sp. fossil

Tetraxylopteris is a genus of extinct vascular plants of the Middle to Upper Devonian (around 390 to 360 million years ago). Fossils were first found in New York State, USA. A second species was later found in Venezuela.[2]

  1. ^ a b Beck, C.B. (1957), "Tetraxylopteris schmidtii gen. et sp. nov., a probable pteridosperm precursor from the Devonian of New York", American Journal of Botany, 44 (4): 350–367, doi:10.2307/2438387, hdl:2027.42/142155, JSTOR 2438387, cited in Hammond & Berry 2005
  2. ^ a b Hammond, S.E. & Berry, C.M. (2005), "A new species of Tetraxylopteris (Aneurophytales) from the Devonian of Venezuela", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 148 (3): 275–303, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00418.x