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Rhipidophyton
Genus Rhipidophyton C.M. Berry, Y. Wang Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 142(3-4): 65. Dec 2006
- Name
- Rhipidophyton
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Berry C. M.
Wang Y.
- Publication
- A new plant attributed to Cladoxylopsida from the Middle Devonian of Yunnan Province, China [2006/12]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 142
- Issue
- 3-4
- Page number
- 65
- Year
- 2006
- Parent Taxon
- [Subclass] Cladoxylidae
- Fossil Status
- stems (with sporangia)
- Type
- Rhipidophyton acanthum
- Diagnosis
- Plants with substantial upright stem; sterile branches ramified with close dichotomies (digitate) proximally, with more distantly separated distal dichotomies and recurved tips, lacking appendages; fertile axes unbranched, with spirally inserted fertile appendages; fertile appendages consisting of a central axis with a proximal pair of adaxial sporangia, distally flattened and dissected with sporangia arranged in a fan shape on either side of the dissection, two pairs on each side; sporangia elongate-elliptical with a slightly pointed apex, dorsoventrally flatted.
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