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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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