Baragwanathia

Baragwanathia
Temporal range: Early Ludlow (Gorstian, late Silurian)[1] - Early Devonian
B. longifolia fossil
B. longifolia fossil, National Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Order: †Drepanophycales
Family: †Drepanophycaceae
Genus: †Baragwanathia
W.H.Lang & Cookson, 1935
Species
  • Baragwanathia longifolia W.H.Lang & Cookson (Type species)
  • Baragwanathia abitibiensis Hueber
  • Baragwanathia brevifolia Kraft & Kvaček
  • Baragwanathia sp. Hao & Gensel

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]

  1. ^ Rickards (2000).
  2. ^ Lang & Cookson (1935), p. 425.