Sporathylacium Explained

Sporathylacium was a genus of land plant known from its bivalved sporangia.[1] It is known from charcoalified Early Devonian deposits, its type locality being the Brown Clee Hill lagerstätten.[2] It was listed as a rhyniophyte by Hao and Xue in 2013.[3]

Notes and References

  1. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2001.tb01125.x . Edwards . D. . Axe . L. . Mendez . E. . A new genus for isolated bivalved sporangia with thickened margins from the Lower Devonian of the Welsh Borderland . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 137 . 3 . 297–310 . 2001. free .
  2. Glasspool . I. . Edwards . D. . Axe . L. . Charcoal in the Early Devonian: A wildfire-derived Konservat–Lagerstätte . 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.03.021 . Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology . 142 . 3–4 . 131–136 . 2006 .
  3. Book: Hao . Shougang . Xue . Jinzhuang . 2013 . The early Devonian Posongchong flora of Yunnan: a contribution to an understanding of the evolution and early diversification of vascular plants . Beijing . Science Press . 978-7-03-036616-0 . 2019-10-25 . 329 . amp .

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