Psilophyton

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This article is named "Psilophyton". Not to be confused with "Psilophyta or Psilotopsida".

This article is about the extinct plant genus. For the the modern day Hieracium, see Hieracium psilophyton.

Psilophyton
Psilophyton princeps
Conservation status
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum/Division	Trimerophytophyta
Genus	†Psilophyton
Naming and discovery

Psilophyton is a fossil genus which currently contains 8 species of extinct plants known mostly from compression, impression, and permineralized anatomy. Most specimens come from northern Maine, Gaspé Bay of Quebec, New Brunswick, and the Czech Republic. The average specimen was 60 cm or more tall.

Species

• †Psilophyton charientos
• †Psilophyton crenulatum
• †Psilophyton dapsile
• †Psilophyton dawsonii
• †Psilophyton forbesii
• †Psilophyton kräuselii
• †Psilophyton microspinosum
• †Psilophyton princeps

External links

• Psilophyton on Wikipedia