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Tarrantia

Genus Tarrantia Fanning, D. Edwards, J.B. Richardson Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 109(2): 180. 8 Jul 1992
Name
Tarrantia
Rank
Genus
Authors (Pub.)
Fanning U. Edwards D. Richardson J. B.  
Publication
A diverse assemblage of early land plants from the Lower Devonian of the Welsh Borderland [1992/7]
Journal
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
Volume
109
Issue
2
Page number
180
Year
1992
Parent Taxon
[Class] Rhyniopsida
Fossil Status
stems (with sporangia)
Type
Tarrantia salopensis
Diagnosis
Plant with isotomously branching, naked axes. Sporangia solitary and terminal, elliptical to ovate in outline (probably ellipsoidal in life) with height greater than width. Subtending axes parallel-sided. Homosporous.
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