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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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