Aneurophyton

Aneurophyton
A fossil specimen of Aneurophyton at the Museum of Natural History, Görlitz.
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Clade: Archaeplastida
Kingdom: Plantae

Aneurophyton is a genus of extinct vascular plants that belong to the Aneurophytales, a class of progymnosperms. The most well-known species within the genus are A. germanicum and A. doui, while a third probable species, A. olnense, has also been described. Aneurophyton is primarily known from multiple occurrence records of A. germanicum and A. doui which occur in Middle Devonian and Upper Devonian (late Eifelian to Famennian) outcrops in Belgium, China (in the western part of Dzungaria), Germany, and the United States (New York).[1][2]

  1. ^ Jiang, Qing; Wang, Yi; Xu, Hong-he; Feng, Jing (2013). "A new species of Aneurophyton (Progymnospermopsida) from the Middle Devonian of West Junggar, Xinjiang, China, and its paleophytogeographical significance". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 174 (8): 1182–1200. doi:10.1086/671807.
  2. ^ 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. 244–245. ISBN 978-7-03-036616-0.