Stigmaria

Stigmaria
Temporal range: Carboniferous-Permian, 323.2–254.0 Ma Possible Devonian record
Stigmaria, a fossil lycopsid rhizome
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: †Lepidodendrales
Genus: †Stigmaria
Brongn.

Stigmaria is a form taxon for common fossils found in Carboniferous rocks.[1] They represent the underground rooting structures of arborescent lycophytes such as Sigillaria and Lepidodendron under the order Lepidodendrales.

  1. ^ Rothwell, GW; Erwin, DM (1985). "The rhizophore apex of Paurodendron: implications for homologies among the rooting organs of Lycopsida". American Journal of Botany. 72: 86–98. doi:10.2307/2443571. JSTOR 2443571.