Trimerophytopsida Temporal range:
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Fossil of Psilophyton dawsonii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Class: | †Trimerophytopsida A.S.Foster & E.M.Gifford 1974 |
Order | |
†Trimerophytales | |
Synonyms[citation needed] | |
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Trimerophytopsida (or Trimeropsida) is a class of early vascular plants from the Devonian, informally called trimerophytes. It contains genera such as Psilophyton. This group is probably paraphyletic, and is believed to be the ancestral group from which both the ferns and seed plants evolved. Different authors have treated the group at different taxonomic ranks using the names Trimerophyta, Trimerophytophyta, Trimerophytina, Trimerophytophytina and Trimerophytales.