Gosferia

Extinct genus of spore-bearing plants

Gosferia
Temporal range: Early Devonian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Plesion: Zosterophylls
Genus: Gosferia
P.Gerrienne
Species:
G. curvata
Binomial name
Gosferia curvata
P.Gerrienne
Synonyms
  • Forgesia Gerrienne, 1991[1]

Gosferia was a genus of zosterophylls with curved axes and renal sporangia.[2] It is known from Belgium.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gerrienne, P. (1999). "Gosferia, a New Name for Forgesia (Fossil Plants)". Taxon. 48 (1): 61. doi:10.2307/1224624. JSTOR 1224624.
  2. ^ a b Gensel, Patricia G.; Berry, Christopher M. (2001). "Early Lycophyte Evolution". American Fern Journal. 91 (3): 74–98. doi:10.1640/0002-8444(2001)091[0074:ELE]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0002-8444.
Taxon identifiers
Gosferia
Gosferia curvata


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