Eophyllophyton

Eophyllophyton
Temporal range: Early Devonian
Fossil specimen of E. bellum, Geological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Euphyllophytes
Genus: †Eophyllophyton
Hao & Beck 1993
Species:
†E. bellum
Binomial name
†Eophyllophyton bellum
Hao & Beck 1993

Eophyllophyton bellum is the oldest known plant bearing megaphyllous leaves.[1][2] In 2013, Hao (one of the original taxon authors) and Xue placed the genus in a new class Eophyllophytopsida, considered to be an isolated lineage in the euphyllophytes.[3]

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