Nematoplexus Explained

Nematoplexus rhyniensis is a fossil known from the Rhynie chert assigned to the nematophytes.[1] It comprises a loose mass of coily aseptate tubes.[2] Tubes which may have originated from a Nematoplexus-like plant are known from earlier Silurian sediments.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Fayers . S.R.. Trewin . N.H.. 2007. A new crustacean from the Early Devonian Rhynie chert, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 93. 4. 355–382. 10.1017/S026359330000047X. 130511474.
  2. Burgess . N. D. . Edwards . D. . 1988 . A new Palaeozoic plant closely allied to Prototaxites Dawson . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 97 . 2 . 189–203 . 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1988.tb02461.x.
  3. 10.1144/gsjgs.153.5.0771 . Implications of new microfloral evidence from the Clew Bay Complex for Silurian relationships in the western Irish Caledonides . 1996 . Williams . D. M. . Harkin . J. . Higgs . K. T. . Journal of the Geological Society . 153 . 5 . 771. 1996JGSoc.153..771W . 128615434 .

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