Metzgeriothallus Explained

Metzgeriothallus sharonae is the oldest known liverwort fossil, dating to the Middle Devonian.[1] It is a simple, thalloid organism. M. metzgerioides is known from more fragmentary material dating to the Carboniferous of Scotland.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Hernick . L. . Landing . E. . Bartowski . K. . Earth's oldest liverworts—Metzgeriothallus sharonae sp. nov. from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) of eastern New York, USA . Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology . 148 . 154–162 . 2008 . 2–4 . 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2007.09.002 . 2008RPaPa.148..154H .

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